12-11-2009, 02:44 AM
O.K.......it does relate to this subject, but you were speaking of the broader role of these age-related 'strata' in Greek society generally, not just 'Hippeis', and not just Sparta......and which as you indicated, is a worthy subject of its own, and since it was your idea, I renew my invitation for you to initiate the subject as a new thread .....please !! D
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff