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> I don't get why Sparta seems to be so fetishized, particularly by people who are not pleasant to be around. It's because they saw a movie that depicted the S
by smacktoward 7y ago
> I don't get why Sparta seems to be so fetishized, particularly by people who are not pleasant to be around.
It's because they saw a movie that depicted the Spartans as super ripped badasses who kicked ass all the time.
Seriously, there's not much more to it than that.
- mieseratte 7y agoI remember learning about and being fascinated by Sparta after learning about it in a history class, long before 300 was made. There's more to it than your snarky analysis would suggest.
- nidificate 7y agoXenophan and Plutarch probably hit a bit to do with it.
- catalogia 7y agoAbsolutely. Anybody who's read Plutarch's Parallel Lives would be hard pressed to not have some degree of fascination with Sparta.
- edgarvaldes 7y ago>Seriously, there's not much more to it than that. Do you really think that everything comes from that 2006 film? I learned about that civilization more than 30 years ago, when my primary school teachers taught me about classical Greece and its legacy. There is a long Hellenistic tradition that takes Sparta and Athens as the embodiment of two models worthy of historical study.