sparta

hear your fate, O dwellers in Sparta of the wide spaces; either your famed, great town must be sacked by perseus' sons. Or if that be not the whole land of lacedaemon shall mourn the death of a king of the house of Heracles, for not the strength of lions or of bulls shall hold him strength against strength; for he has the power of Zeus, and will not be checked till one of these two he has consumed.

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spartan life

the spartan life was a hard one little boy getting taken away form there parents and trained while the women were slaves to most men. the spartan way was to lie cheat and steal anything to have victory. victory is everything to the Spartans. losing was worse then death.

sparta's military

Sparta's military was vary great and powerful. the primary goal in Sparta was the training of soldiers to enslave and permanently dominate the local population of helots. boy's were taken for there parents at the age of seven and was taken to a kind of boot camp for fourteen or so years this made them into fares fighters. this made the spartan military so great.

spartans history

Of the early history of Sparta we rely on very few legends. It is said to have been founded by Lacedaemon, the son of Zeus and Taygete, who married Sparta, the daughter of Eurotas.
From Homer we also know that the "koili Lacedaemon" (hollow Lacedaemon), the territory between the mount Taygetos and Parnon, had as king menelaos, the younger brother of Agamemnon and husband of Helen, which was abducted by Paris to Troy and thus starting the long and painful famous war.

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