Since we are no longer inclined to eliminatefailures in the harsh way the Lacedemonians used to adopt inthe Taygetos mountain,
Is he pro or anti-eugenics here? esp. with respect to his time?
Since we are no longer inclined to eliminatefailures in the harsh way the Lacedemonians used to adopt inthe Taygetos mountain,
Is he pro or anti-eugenics here? esp. with respect to his time?
Greek women (with the very glaring exception of Sparta) were generally sequestered
the extreme example being Sparta, where the entire army was drawn from the privileged class of Spartiates
The closest Greek analog would be Sparta,
Because the helots were constantly rebelling
Here is a link about a specific Helot revolt
It was in the reign of Cleomenes that Aristagoras the tyrant of Miletus came to Sparta.
Hdt. 5.49 Aristagaros comes to Sparta to speak with Kleomenes to convince the Spartans to join in his revolt against Darius and the Achaemenids. He brings his famous world map as a prop and visual aid.