08-19-2007, 04:28 AM
No, I love Laconophilic Athenians- which is most of the famous ones. I don't mean it negated the victory, I just wonder if there were more elaborate flanking maneuvers expected of the Athenian cavalry. If so it would make Xenophons fantasy battle in the Cyropaedia really just a way of having the same unit conduct both "tricks" that the allies had planned for thebes.
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!"
