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title: "5 Spartan Women Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [The Spartans were a paradoxical people. They were the biggest slave owners in Greece. But at the same time, Spartan women had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/the-spartans-were-a-paradoxical-people-they-were-the-biggest-slave/)

[Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/)

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> [“Because we are the only women who are mothers of men." Gorgo: when asked by a woman from Attica why Spartan women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gorgos/because-we-are-the-only-women-who-are-mothers-of-men-gorgo-when-asked/)

[Gorgos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gorgos/)

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> [“When asked by a woman from Attica:'Why are you Spartan women the only ones who can rule men?', she said: 'Because we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/when-asked-by-a-woman-from-attica-why-are-you-spartan-women-the-only/)

[Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/)

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> [Only Spartan women give birth to real men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/queen-of-sparta-gorgo/only-spartan-women-give-birth-to-real-men/)

[Queen of Sparta Gorgo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/queen-of-sparta-gorgo/)

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> [ “It was natural for \[Spartan women\] to think and speak as Gorgo, the wife of Leonidas, is said to have done, when… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/it-was-natural-for-spartan-women-to-think-and-speak-as-gorgo-the-wife/)

[Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/)

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