11-03-2010, 06:28 AM
Interesting stuff, Kineas........and the references in Plato's "Laches" ( On Courage), probably written a decade or three later with its references to 'hoplomachia' ( teachers of 'Hoplite skills) is an even more certain reference to training around this time.......
Looking forward to you posting more.....
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Looking forward to you posting more.....
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"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
