Sparta
203How Alex Conquered the World
19 Aug 2024
2:30¶ 8
“Athens and Sparta had become in general the two leading city-states and they form a nice contrast. Sparta is agricultural, landlocked, was founded by…”
5:30¶ 23
“It is funny if you’re studying Greek at any point to come across the Spartan names after reading a bunch of Athenian names. My…”
6:04¶ 24
“Speaking of Lacedaemonian – we call them Spartan. Winners get to name everybody else.”
195From Marathon and On
3 Jun 2024
13:35¶ 41
“Yeah, this is Sparta. This time Sparta was ready to fight, but Xerxes found himself going through a very, very narrow pass, Thermopylae, where…”
14:16¶ 42
“When it was time to withdraw, they stayed but they weren’t even the only ones who stayed to fight. They were the ones who…”
16:01¶ 47
“Once the Spartans realize, “We’ve got a problem here,” they do tell the other Greeks to go home. Many do. Some stay, and the…”