tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post895054356019504441..comments2024-03-27T22:38:23.715+01:00Comments on Sparta Reconsidered: I Give You Tegea...Helena P. Schraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535398166485310212noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-46168576447851082242015-04-26T13:37:27.771+02:002015-04-26T13:37:27.771+02:00I've never read an explanation, but I presume ...I've never read an explanation, but I presume it was fear that a future king that didn't stand up to the rigors of the agoge would find it difficult to command respect. His future subjects might have looked down on him in the sense of "he was so slow he couldn't beat a fat cow down hill" or "a complete wash-out at the Artemis Orthia..." and the like. Just Helena P. Schraderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06535398166485310212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-82977948317216219132015-04-24T23:17:13.481+02:002015-04-24T23:17:13.481+02:00Another great post. It's a shame Spartan leade...Another great post. It's a shame Spartan leadership was not as clever as in the Tegea incident. <br /><br />I wonder why the Spartan kings descendants were not obligated to go to the agoge. <br /><br />Is there a explanation for it?Efraimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-79240062858279723232015-04-01T01:34:09.701+02:002015-04-01T01:34:09.701+02:00Very interesting. I've always thought that, ha...Very interesting. I've always thought that, had Sparta been as "rabid" and war-like as often made out to be, then certainly many would have united in a common cause to rid themselves of such a threat.<br /><br />"United we stand, divided we fall" is not <b><i>that</i></b> "new" of a concept.Mystic Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593826779432906953noreply@blogger.com