09-03-2008, 04:30 AM
Stefan wrote:
Quote:I never understood why the Athenians did not send a cavalryman instead. I mean, this must not have been beyond them, given that the city was soon about to produce a multitude of brillant men and intellectual achievements.......perhaps because the Athenians knew that over long distances ( say 20 miles/32 km or so), a human Athlete always beats a horse (Fact!!) :wink:
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
