Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Thoughts about Sparta
Not mine. Devereaux posted a series of essays on Sparta a few years ago. He has written a lot about pre-modern armies, among other things. If you haven't seen them, give them a read--Sparta's reputation differs considerably from its reality. His target audience is not familiar with helots, btw.
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That moment when you realize that rendering the differences in accent between the Athenians and Spartans in translations of Lysistrate carries an implicit vilification of whichever group's accent is assigned to the Spartans.
These are good. The piece on women is among the best I've seen.
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