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Newabortion006 "A soldier was a hero if he came back from battle with his shield. If he was alive, it meant he was victorious. If he died and was carried back upon his shield, he was a hero for having fought courageously. If he came back without his shield, however, it meant that he must have fled the battle, and he would be shunned by Spartan society."
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And this meant that he had to return from the war as a winner or as a corpse, killed in battle.
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Who was the greatest warrior of the Trojan War?
Achilles.
Who was a companion to a great warrior in the Trojan War?
Patroclus with Achilles.
What was the major battle in the Peloponnesian War?
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How is the The Odyssey related to the Trojan war?
The Odyssey is the story of Odysseus, a warrior in the Trojan War, sailing home.
How did helots allow Spartan society to focus on war?
lol lol ur mad ha ha ha
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Where did leonidas come from?
Leonidas was an ancient and legendary warrior king that led the Spartan soldiers in war. He was from Greece.
What was the Spartan idea of career?
Warrior The Spartans were very war-like people, while the Greeks were scholars.
What was the Spartan idea of a career?
Warrior The Spartans were very war-like people, while the Greeks were scholars.
Spartan men could return to their homes when they were?
Spartan men could return to their homes when they were not at war. They could only stay a short time before they had to fight again.
When could Spartan men could return to their homes?
Spartan men could return to their homes when they were not at war. They could only stay a short time before they had to fight again.
Did most spartan feared war and loved luxury?
No. They were a warrior community and nothing mattered by being strong in battle.
A spartan warrior was told to return from war with or to?
Their shield. It was believed that, if a Spartan returned without their shield, they had thrown it at the enemy as they ran away from the fight. Fleeing from battle in Sparta was a capital offense. ANSWER The actual quote is fiction. It never appeared in any ancient source but was used today to clearly emphasize the very core of their culture.
What is God of War 1 about?
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What did the Spartan mothers give them before they went to war?
Spartan mothers and wives gave their men their shield before they went to war and told them "with your shield or on it." In other words, come back alive with your shield, never having run in panic from the enemy, or come back on it, dead.
What are some interesting facts about Ancient Greece?
Text Before: Spartan mothers told their sons to die in battle because they believed that death was better than defeat. Landon90 Says: Infact one saying that the spartan mothers told their son, went something like this "Come back with your shield, or on it" they said that because the Spartan's shields were so big that when they die in war, they get carried on their own shield.
How do you get dwarfhold class in aqworlds?
There is no such class. But there is Dwarf Warrior 'Armor'. A war only item never to return again.....sadly.
