Difficulty Quote by Ian Hamilton Finlay

For the Spartans, it wasn’t walls or magnificent public buildings that made a city; it was their own ideals. In essence, Sparta was a…

— Bettany Hughes

“There were two views of how a polis was formed. The first was military: a scattered group of people came to live in one…

— Alan Ryan

“O Stranger, send the news home to the people of Sparta that here we Are laid to rest: the commands they gave us have…

— Simonides

We have the ability to be the Athens of modern times as opposed to the militaristic Sparta. I remind you that the Athenians wrote…

— Rita Mae Brown

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

Sparta must be regarded as the first völkisch state. The exposure of the sick, weak, deformed children, in short, their destruction, was more decent…

— Adolf Hitler

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

— Maria Sakkari

“There is nothing more important than being a man, just a plain, ordinary, human man. I know you think Spartacus is something more than…

— Howard Fast

“Never ask a man if he is from Sparta: If he were, he would have let you know such an important fact - and…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

This wasn't a garden,' said Susan presently. 'It was a castle...

— Anonymous

“ancient Spartans wеrе skilled agriculturalists. Тhеу tended tо farms thаt thеу usеd tо produce thеіr оwn livestock, dairy, produce аnd grains. А Spartan warrior…

— Mike Leonardo

“One cannot analyse the character of European gardens without looking beyond the Mediterranean. This is because horticulture, palace life and city-building developed in the…

— Tom Turner