tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.comments2024-03-13T14:21:58.106+01:00Sparta ReconsideredHelena P. Schraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535398166485310212noreply@blogger.comBlogger418125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-67022169578948008332024-01-31T17:35:48.288+01:002024-01-31T17:35:48.288+01:00Once again, Sparta, not Athens, proves to be the o...Once again, Sparta, not Athens, proves to be the origin of the concept itself.<br /><br />Makes one wonder: Just what in the hell did Athens give us?<br /><br />Long Live Sparta!Mystic Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593826779432906953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-91354799890633864592024-01-17T16:04:40.193+01:002024-01-17T16:04:40.193+01:00Always well reasoned, Professor. Your hypothesis f...Always well reasoned, Professor. Your hypothesis fits together very nicely. I like it. Too bad there aren't more indept studies on this topic.Mystic Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593826779432906953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-7421960052928523712024-01-11T17:13:29.436+01:002024-01-11T17:13:29.436+01:00There is a claim that Spartan women were banned fr...There is a claim that Spartan women were banned from education when the Hellenistic period began, as the Spartans blamed them for Sparta's failures, especially when the male population began to decline due to the tragic loss Sparta had suffered in Leuctra. in 371 BC C., followed by several revolts. Due to the weakening of the State due to these great wars and uprisings, the male population Andrewhttp://spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2016/10/spartas-secret-weapon-women.html#comment-formnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-69105089967323702892024-01-10T15:44:24.427+01:002024-01-10T15:44:24.427+01:00Most interesting, Professor. As I like to say; the...Most interesting, Professor. As I like to say; the concept of "Democracy" may have begun in Athens, but true democracy was not born there. In some ways, Sparta was more inline with our modern concept.Mystic Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593826779432906953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-65547741815967789862024-01-05T22:42:59.228+01:002024-01-05T22:42:59.228+01:00There was no sexual slavery in Sparta, unlike Athe...There was no sexual slavery in Sparta, unlike Athens and the rest of Greece.Andrewhttp://spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2010/07/why-reconsider-sparta.html#comment-fornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-91229074969678444472024-01-05T22:15:01.825+01:002024-01-05T22:15:01.825+01:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Andrewhttp://spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-myth-of-spartan-pederasty.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-39630957255971701882024-01-03T23:02:35.715+01:002024-01-03T23:02:35.715+01:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Andrewhttp://spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-myth-of-spartan-pederasty.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-32800594122896515872024-01-03T22:45:38.647+01:002024-01-03T22:45:38.647+01:00It is obvious that these novelists are pro-Athenia...It is obvious that these novelists are pro-Athenians.Andrewhttp://spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2013/06/spartan-architecture.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-24657983085017270162024-01-03T20:47:14.352+01:002024-01-03T20:47:14.352+01:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-25856237657516297202024-01-03T15:43:47.104+01:002024-01-03T15:43:47.104+01:00Shining light upon that which is obscured. Very ni...Shining light upon that which is obscured. Very nice, Professor!Mystic Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593826779432906953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-55162746640750760962023-12-23T12:23:09.085+01:002023-12-23T12:23:09.085+01:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Helena P. Schraderhttps://spartareconsidered.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-24685222432491291822023-12-22T17:24:43.759+01:002023-12-22T17:24:43.759+01:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Andrewhttp://spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-myth-of-spartan-pederasty.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-1582986922460461572023-12-22T11:41:59.332+01:002023-12-22T11:41:59.332+01:00Yes, I'm sure you would "imagine that&quo...Yes, I'm sure you would "imagine that" since you clearly have already decided that Spartans were some kind of monsters without human feelings. Your bias is obvious, but you bring no evidence to support your positions -- beyond occasionally quoting non-Spartan sources with no first-hand exposure to Sparta. It is, however, an undisputed fact that the Spartans were in fact human beingsHelena P. Schraderhttps://spartareconsidered.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-91235770786317785292023-12-21T21:02:44.419+01:002023-12-21T21:02:44.419+01:00Did Spartan mothers and daughters feel intense lov...Did Spartan mothers and daughters feel intense love for each other or were they very cold and hard towards each other?<br />I always imagined them to be very unfriendly.<br />Andrewhttp://spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2016/10/spartas-secret-weapon-women.html#comment-formnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-86398236480597827482023-12-19T13:15:40.887+01:002023-12-19T13:15:40.887+01:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Helena P. Schradernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-86997242601828181542023-12-18T23:44:29.837+01:002023-12-18T23:44:29.837+01:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Andrewhttp://spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-myth-of-spartan-pederasty.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-59348857009169620352023-12-17T10:51:01.230+01:002023-12-17T10:51:01.230+01:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Helena P. Schradernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-70216372531056364222023-12-17T01:01:19.963+01:002023-12-17T01:01:19.963+01:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Andrewhttp://spartareconsidered.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-myth-of-spartan-pederasty.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-49294365712024696952023-12-11T13:32:27.889+01:002023-12-11T13:32:27.889+01:00They would have been strong, but lean and wiry . T...They would have been strong, but lean and wiry . They would have had a great deal of stamina.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-2943679716943959052023-03-20T20:22:27.422+01:002023-03-20T20:22:27.422+01:00hello,is everything allright?hello,is everything allright?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-38747568068149903992023-01-08T07:42:40.028+01:002023-01-08T07:42:40.028+01:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-63875894403421421862023-01-06T00:57:45.481+01:002023-01-06T00:57:45.481+01:00Black brothBlack brothIris G Jacksonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-8407942876646290992021-12-13T10:47:36.563+01:002021-12-13T10:47:36.563+01:00Thanks for adding this!Thanks for adding this!Helena P. Schraderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06535398166485310212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-40796010902001729942021-12-12T22:20:08.416+01:002021-12-12T22:20:08.416+01:00Thanks a lot for the very interesting article! I v...Thanks a lot for the very interesting article! I very much agree that Sparta's navy seems to be overlooked by historians. We do know the names of navarchs apart from Eurybiades, such as the famous Lysander, or Callicratidas, Alcidas etc., but they all commanded later on, during the Peloponnesian war. I've always been very interested in how Lysander managed to upgrade Sparta's navy, Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09673781036699153425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-47488220090177549412021-08-21T15:32:34.875+02:002021-08-21T15:32:34.875+02:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Helena P. Schraderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06535398166485310212noreply@blogger.com