10-11-2007, 06:42 PM
Quote:.I would find their type of lifestyle and eating habits hard to make big muscled bodies.
I remember a TV special about Gladiators a while back that used a chemical analysis on gladiators to determine that they ate mostly barley gruel and were big heavy men, not muscled like bodybuilders with low body fat.
The famous Spartan black broth would have been barley gruel with the addition of a kick of protein from the hog's blood. Add to that the meat brought in by hunting and Spartiates probably had a higher protein intake that the average upper class greek.
Somehwere there is a quote that Spartans did not want there citizens engaging in any contest where one "raises the finger" (submits) if I recall.
Paul M. Bardunias
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
