05-15-2011, 10:26 PM
I don't have much faith in the "we don't know who won so it could be Spartans" arguement, but I did notice something a while back that I have been waiting to post. Since Scott's article quoted the passage in Plutarch now is as good a time as any. Plutarch says that "anyone who won a crown as a prize" could stand with the king. Does this open up the category to victors of all of the different regional games, Nemean, etc., in addition to those at Olympia?
If so, then yes there could be a large number of such men. Why exactly I would want a good runner stationed next to my king is of course another question. I'd want all tough, lame men! :-D
If so, then yes there could be a large number of such men. Why exactly I would want a good runner stationed next to my king is of course another question. I'd want all tough, lame men! :-D
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!"
