Sunday, April 10, 2011

Keep it simple...

Phillip II of Macedon, after conquering many Greek city-states looked to conquer Sparta.  He sent a warning through a messenger:


‘If we win the war we will take you’re lands, burn down your houses, enslave your women, and kill your children.’


The Spartan reply:

‘If.’

Phillip II never made war with Sparta...

2 comments:

LL said...

Spartan mothers to their sons: "Come back with your shield or on it."

One can only wish that we lived in a culture where honor and courage was so prized.

Josiah said...

Courage, yes, but as far as honor goes, well... They devolved into a matriach-dominated society with more than a bent for pedophilia. Thus, as can be said of many civilizations & cultures: they WERE great. Leonidas at Thermopylae, etc. Just so happens that a homosexual/feminist society is rather transient. They end up running out of men. And eventually falling to Arabs. Funny thing, history.