> I don't get why Sparta seems to be so fetishized, particularly by people who are not pleasant to be around. The "fetishization" of Sparta goes back to Thucyd

> I don't get why Sparta seems to be so fetishized, particularly by people who are not pleasant to be around. The "fetishization" of Sparta goes back to Thucydides and Xenophon, Athenians who admired the Spartans, and Plutarch, a Roman who admired Sparta.