tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post4318928579563025535..comments2024-03-27T22:38:23.715+01:00Comments on Sparta Reconsidered: The Myth of the Spartan ThiefHelena P. Schraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535398166485310212noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-8300346404995729522011-12-29T21:05:15.722+01:002011-12-29T21:05:15.722+01:00Dorians are a very HIGH-spirited people. They comb...Dorians are a very HIGH-spirited people. They combine high-intelligence with High-spiritedness. There must be an outlet for this in a constrained military environment. <br /><br />This high-spiritedness is what is evident in the custom of sheep-stealing in Crete. It is part of bravado and manliness. This food-stealing was "controlled-telos forming-directed" chaos.W.LindsayWheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06236577164127792348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-13420313641140453682011-12-29T21:01:38.619+01:002011-12-29T21:01:38.619+01:00Maybe I can help you. Always keep Crete in mind. I...Maybe I can help you. Always keep Crete in mind. In modern Crete, 19th and early 20th century, it is customary for young lads to in some parts to steal sheep, but then to return them. (If I remember it.) Stealing sheep is an inherent Cretan custom. <br /><br />For me, this is not hard to understand, nor is this a myth. It is part of the mental training for men. I was in the French Foreign Legion W.LindsayWheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06236577164127792348noreply@blogger.com