09-20-2009, 04:14 PM
Quote:I seriously doubt these redoubtable ladies were of pure Dorian stock
The Spartans didn't consider themselves "pure" Dorian stock- remember that you can't be descended from Heracles and pure Dorian as well. One Spartan King proudly proclaimed himself an Achean.
Quote: I also believe that the original inhabitants moved down into the Maina peninsula where these Maniotes continued an interesting existence.
This depends on how you quantify such things, and who gets to, but clearly they have a better claim than anyone else. Maniates considered themselves the rightful heris of Sparta and were adressed officially as Spartans by Napoleon in his correspondence.
Paul M. Bardunias
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
