tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post7417557511350430783..comments2024-03-27T22:38:23.715+01:00Comments on Sparta Reconsidered: Secrets of Sparta's SyssitiaHelena P. Schraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535398166485310212noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-63644868661158444012015-11-30T16:16:14.284+01:002015-11-30T16:16:14.284+01:00Sorry, I honestly don't know. Anyone have any ...Sorry, I honestly don't know. Anyone have any ideas?<br />Helena P. Schraderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06535398166485310212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-82598795411289782832015-11-30T10:28:50.241+01:002015-11-30T10:28:50.241+01:00What is the etymology of 'syssitia'?What is the etymology of 'syssitia'?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09296557512277542255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-35963076200133148722012-02-25T11:15:54.084+01:002012-02-25T11:15:54.084+01:00Great text, superb.
I had so much to write in com...Great text, superb.<br /><br />I had so much to write in comment about artists that I ran out of words, I will just praise the great read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-5246326995232739122012-02-04T19:10:33.133+01:002012-02-04T19:10:33.133+01:00Another thing, the syssitia was a place where phil...Another thing, the syssitia was a place where philosophy was done. The syssitia is the home of Greek philosophy. It is where the consequential things are talked about. I regard the syssitia a fundamental part of the philosophic state. The syssitia was part of this intellectual culture where the men had time alloted to do philosophy. The day was for war games and training and the night was for W.LindsayWheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06236577164127792348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-29003432863507967802012-02-04T18:39:35.412+01:002012-02-04T18:39:35.412+01:00Is not Anton Powell himself a Marxist? A lot of Br...Is not Anton Powell himself a Marxist? A lot of Brits are. He is most certainly a leftist, as far as I know.<br /><br />Let's not forget that this orginated also in Crete. <br /><br />The syssitia itself is a familial institution. The institution of the syssitia comes from the family! As the family eats together, the soldiers eat as a family. <br /><br />The syssitia was a place where cultureW.LindsayWheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06236577164127792348noreply@blogger.com