08-04-2006, 12:03 PM
Quote:[Actually, this is insulting to the Thebans. :wink: I think -and this is serious- that Plutarch has made it clear that a Theban unit fought bravely at Thermopylae. Herodotus is indeed biased against Thebes.
But that is not the issue. :evil: The real issue is Leonidas' choosing death - and you have chosen yet again to focus on an irrelevance rather than address this fundamental point. Answer the question, Jona :wink: ; why don't you believe in the Spartans having the courage to sacrifice themselves? :roll: