Damn, that guy is a gladiator meets spartan beast!

“He was built like a Spartan (the Gerard Butler kind, nom). I liked that.”

— Adrianne Brooks

Earth! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead! Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new…

— Lord Byron

At the age of about eight years, if he is a boy, she turns him over to his father for more Spartan training.

— Charles Eastman

From age eleven to age sixteen I lived a spartan life without the usual adolescent uncertainty. I wanted to be the best swimmer in…

— Diana Nyad

“If he was not exactly a Spartan, he was, you might say, spartanatical. Things happened to you; they were good,or they were bad -…

— A.E. Coppard

“Because we are the only women who are mothers of men." Gorgo: when asked by a woman from Attica why Spartan women were the…

— Gorgos

“Admiral Spartan thinks that the object must be exposed and penetrated with all possible speed.”

— Lincoln Child

The Spartans were a paradoxical people. They were the biggest slave owners in Greece. But at the same time, Spartan women had an unusual…

— Frank Miller

“Is she worth it though?" he asked and she shrugged. "That's up to you to decide. Either way, I support you, love you, and…

— Toni Aleo

I have been following what is now called the 'Spartan Way' long before it became popular!

— Dan Pena

It's the quintessential Greek sport: harmonious, competitive, agonizing, nautical, and above all, intelligent. It combines Odysseus's brains and brawn and love of the sea…

— Barry S. Strauss

“Yeah, you're probably right,' I said, forcing myself to smile at him. Logan grinned back at me. 'Of course, I'm right. I'm always right.'…

— Jennifer Estep Killer Frost

I'm a Spartan, so we don't forget that.

— Maria Sakkari

The Spartan, smiting and spurning the wretched Helot, moves our disgust. But the same Spartan, calmly dressing his hair, and uttering his concise jests,…

— Thomas B. Macaulay

“What's the difference between a Spartan king and a mid-ranker? One man will lob this query to his mate as they prepare to bed…

— Steven Pressfield