05-10-2010, 02:14 PM
Yes, also Plutarch quotes the Spartan king Agis III (ruled 338-331 B.C.), who replied to the famed Athenian politician Demades' (c.380-319 B.C.) remark that entertainers who swallow swords use "Laconian" blades because they are so small with the observation that "All the same, the Spartans do reach the enemy with their swords."
It\'s only by appreciating accurate accounts of real combat past and present that we can begin to approach the Greek hoplite\'s hard-won awareness of war\'s potential merits and ultimate limitations.
- Fred Eugene Ray (aka "Old Husker")
- Fred Eugene Ray (aka "Old Husker")
