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8 months ago

' Sparta’s enemies allegedly joked that it was no wonder the Spartans were willing to die in battle -- because no one would have liked to li...' property='og:description'/

Sparta Reconsidered

spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2018/12/...

8 months ago

' In the ancient world, the Spartans were (in)famous for their culture of silence. They were also envied for their ability to express the...' property='og:description'/

Sparta Reconsidered

spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2016/07/...

8 months ago

' While the ancients generally admired the Spartan educational system, modern commentators tend to be critical or appalled by it. Ironically,...' property='og:description'/

Sparta Reconsidered

spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2019/06/...

9 months ago

'Readers who believe Sparta and its educational system were particularly brutal will be shocked to learn that many ancient Greek commentators...' property='og:description'/

Sparta Reconsidered

spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2019/05/...

9 months ago

' Thanks to films like "300," the Spartan Agoge is commonly viewed today as a brutal -- not to say savage -- training in which boys and youth...' property='og:description'/

Sparta Reconsidered

spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2019/04/...

9 months ago

' Thanks to films like "300," the Spartan Agoge is commonly viewed today as a brutal -- not to say savage -- training in which boys and youth...' property='og:description'/

Sparta Reconsidered

spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2019/03/...

10 months ago

' Thanks to films like "300," the Spartan Agoge is commonly viewed today as a brutal -- not to say savage -- training regime in which boys an...' property='og:description'/

Sparta Reconsidered

spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2019/02/...

10 months ago

' In my last entry, I explained that with the sole exception of Xenophon, all surviving ancient sources describing the Spartan educational sy...' property='og:description'/

Sparta Reconsidered

spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2019/01/...

10 months ago

' It has been argued by leading classical scholars that the importance of the "agoge" -- Sparta's educational system - "in determining the ch...' property='og:description'/

Sparta Reconsidered

spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2018/12/...

10 months ago

' It may surprise many modern readers that Plato, writing a history of philosophy in the 4th Century BC, claimed that all early philosophers ...' property='og:description'/

Sparta Reconsidered

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11 months ago

' Greek gods could be petty, selfish, immoral, arbitrary, cruel, fickle, dishonest, and everything else that humans can be. Rather than s...' property='og:description'/

Sparta Reconsidered

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11 months ago

' Leonidas is remembered, admired and adulated because of his stand -- and death -- at Thermopylae. Oddly, despite dying in defeat, he is ...' property='og:description'/

Sparta Reconsidered

spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2020/08/...

11 months ago

' The Greek historian Diodorus Siculus, writing in the first century BC, related a story about the Battle of Thermopylae some 400 years earli...' property='og:description'/

Sparta Reconsidered

spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2019/08/...

11 months ago

' N o , this is not about Thermopylae. This is about Leonidas’ earlier military career. First and foremost, Leonidas was one of t...' property='og:description'/

Sparta Reconsidered

spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2020/07/...

11 months ago

' Most historians confine their commentary on Leonidas to his appearance and departure from the stage of history. His reign was, after all, ...' property='og:description'/

Sparta Reconsidered

spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2020/06/...

1 year ago

' Fans of “300” may find it hard to think of Leonidas as a diplomat. In the Hollywood cartoon, Leonidas is portrayed as the brutal antith...' property='og:description'/

Sparta Reconsidered

spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2020/05/...

1 year ago

' Darius gave Athens, Eretria and all the other cities of Greece the opportunity to submit without war. Many Greek states, having witne...' property='og:description'/

Sparta Reconsidered

spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2020/01/...

1 year ago

' Today, I offer a brief biographical sketch of the man who would lead the invading Persian forces in 480 BC and face Leonidas across the ...' property='og:description'/

Sparta Reconsidered

spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2019/12/...

1 year ago

' While the Battle of Thermopylae gained legendary status almost immediately and became popularized in this century through the film "300,...' property='og:description'/

Sparta Reconsidered

spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2019/11/...

1 year ago

' While the Battle of Thermopylae gained legendary status almost immediately and more recently became popularized in modern culture through...' property='og:description'/

Sparta Reconsidered

spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2019/10/...