Athenians Quote by Thucydides

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

Look, if you have a problem with distilling the Battle of Thermopylae down to freedom versus tyranny, you need to read Herodotus because he's…

— Zack Snyder

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

“In this way, the Spartans erected a moral barrier between themselves and the helots to justify their harsh treatment of fellow Greeks. For all…

— Thomas R. Martin

“Thucydides observed how advancing troops tended to edge out towards their right,{18} their unshielded side. They had an instinctive desire to feel themselves more…

— Anonymous

To the semidivine hero, the mere fact of ruling over more men does not constitute greatness, and as for glory from Zeus, Achilles will…

— Cedric H Whitman

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

“As such, one of the most important traits developed by young Spartans was mental strength. The ability to push through pain, hunger, thirst, fatigue,…

— Dominic Mann

I wil not compare the education of an ancient Spartan with that of a British nobleman.

— Thomas Day

“Some thirty-six years after the death of Leonidas, King Agesilaus of Sparta, as Plutarch recounts, showed that the essential Spartan spirit, which distinguished her…

— Ernle Bradford

“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

“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