tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post3201355499864281102..comments2024-03-27T22:38:23.715+01:00Comments on Sparta Reconsidered: Spartan ArchitectureHelena P. Schraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535398166485310212noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-86244354017601758282024-03-23T02:44:08.260+01:002024-03-23T02:44:08.260+01:00I would love to see a painting based off your desc...I would love to see a painting based off your description of Sparta, it sounds absolutely beautiful!Diana Kellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17170657084801933872noreply@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-9598626687893623162016-05-22T21:42:42.510+02:002016-05-22T21:42:42.510+02:00Always and forever . . . it depends on one's p...Always and forever . . . it depends on one's point of view. Not to mention a person's attitude. Americans are not generous in their descriptions of Russia, Russians are not generous in their descriptions of America.<br /><br />What's the difference? I'll just say . . . pass the salt. ;-)<br />Mystic Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593826779432906953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-75356284650541210042014-09-16T15:05:43.704+02:002014-09-16T15:05:43.704+02:00My understanding is that the Frankish rulers of th...My understanding is that the Frankish rulers of the Peloponnese lived in what had been Sparta, although they built the castle above what later became Mistra. Mistra was occupied by Byzantine "despots" but the valley remained occupied for a while. But the defeat of Byzantium by the Ottomans resulted in the total destruction of what remained of Sparta and it was not occupied during the Helena P. Schraderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06535398166485310212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-82504587591212352522014-09-16T07:06:11.337+02:002014-09-16T07:06:11.337+02:00Very apt comments! One might as well say that jud...Very apt comments! One might as well say that judged from conventional archaeological findings and architectural ruins, a future "visitor" might conclude that the American Indians barely existed in North America from Alaska to the Rio Grande. Where are the cities, the monuments, the temples and public buildings, after all? A few pueblos in the Southwest, some mounds in the Southeast, piper909https://www.blogger.com/profile/07349020255841948428noreply@blogger.com