Myke Cole - Co-author, The Killing Ground: A Biography of Thermopylae Ancient Sparta has been held up for the last two and a half millennia as the unmatched warrior city-state, where every male ...

Little remains of the ancient ... Sparta’s kings oversaw a society with little interest in intellectual and artistic pursuits beyond patriotic poetry. Religion did occupy a central role in this ...

Famous quotes and anecdotes associated with the Spartans: Herodotus reports that just before the Battle of Thermoplyae, a Spartan warrior named Dienekes was told that the Persian archers could ...

Native American mascot with an ancient Greek warrior is offensive to women and people of color. Brentwood Unified School District in Suffolk County is getting sued by the local NAACP after ...

Native American mascot with an ancient Greek warrior is offensive to women and people of color. “This symbol sends the message that enslaving indigenous people and excluding women from the ...