04-22-2008, 01:18 PM
Quote:.....it was not always so in the case of the Thebans at least, if Plutarch is to be believed. In his Life of Pelopidas(XIX,3) he relates how originally Gorgidas had distributed the Sacred Band among the front ranks of the whole phalanx, and that it was under Peolopidas that they were first brought together.......
At which point they go from being an honorary unit to a battle winning weapon.
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!"
