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minus-squareLucky_777@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoInteresting! Thanks for that, had no idea the practice was in Sparta. Yes the quote is from 300, even though it’s not exactly what he said in the movie. I was too lazy to look it up.
minus-squareMniot@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoFor more interesting writing about the historical Sparta, check out the history blog A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: https://acoup.blog/2019/08/16/collections-this-isnt-sparta-part-i-spartan-school/ https://acoup.blog/2019/08/23/collections-this-isnt-sparta-part-ii-spartan-equality/ https://acoup.blog/2019/08/29/collections-this-isnt-sparta-part-iii-spartan-women/ https://acoup.blog/2019/09/05/collections-this-isnt-sparta-part-iv-spartan-wealth/ https://acoup.blog/2019/09/12/collections-this-isnt-sparta-part-v-spartan-government/ https://acoup.blog/2019/09/20/collections-this-isnt-sparta-part-vi-spartan-battle/ https://acoup.blog/2019/09/27/collections-this-isnt-sparta-part-vii-spartan-ends/ https://acoup.blog/2022/08/19/collections-this-isnt-sparta-retrospective/
Interesting! Thanks for that, had no idea the practice was in Sparta. Yes the quote is from 300, even though it’s not exactly what he said in the movie. I was too lazy to look it up.
For more interesting writing about the historical Sparta, check out the history blog A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: