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Item#:
IGN-GR035
Price: $78.00
Description:
There is a story about a Spartan boy who, in order
to conceal a fox which he had stolen, hid it beneath
his cloak and allowed the fox to gnaw him rather
than let the theft be revealed. He died of the
wounds. If he had been discovered, the disgrace
would not have been in the stealing, but in allowing
it to be detected. The boy's actin illustrates
the main purpose of the Spartan educational system,
which was to produce men capable of showing such
bravery as soldiers. Military strength was felt
to be essential to Sparta for the very survival |
