Plutarch on Sparta
by Plutarch, Plutarch, Pelling, C. B. R., Xenophon
fromPenguin classics
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Type: Book
Through his Lives of Sparta's leaders and his recording of memorable Spartan Sayings, Plutarch depicts a people who lived frugally and mastered their emotions in all aspects of life, who disposed of unhealthy babies in a deep chasm, introduced a gruelling regimen of military tra…