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A laconic phrase or laconism is a concise or terse statement, especially a blunt and elliptical rejoinder. [1] [2] It is named after Laconia, the region of Greece including the city of Sparta, whose ancient inhabitants had a reputation for verbal austerity and were famous for their often pithy remarks.
The phrase inscribed on a SIG Sauer 1911 "Spartan" semi-automatic pistol in the United States, 2015 Allusion to the phrase in an English translation ("come and take it!") is recorded in the context of the Revolutionary War , noted in 1778 at Fort Morris in the Province of Georgia , and later in 1835 at the Battle of Gonzales during the Texas ...
The Spartan shields' technical evolution and design evolved from bashing and shield wall tactics. They were of such great importance in the Spartan army that while losing a sword and a spear was an exception, to lose a shield was a sign of disgrace. Not only did a shield protect the user, but it also protected the whole phalanx formation.
This is an incomplete list of ancient Greek cities, including colonies outside Greece, and including settlements that were not sovereign poleis.Many colonies outside Greece were soon assimilated to some other language but a city is included here if at any time its population or the dominant stratum within it spoke Greek.
Lysander (/ l aɪ ˈ s æ n d ər, ˈ l aɪ ˌ s æ n d ər /; Ancient Greek: Λύσανδρος Lysandros; c. 454 BC – 395 BC) was a Spartan military and political leader. He destroyed the Athenian fleet at the Battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC, forcing Athens to capitulate and bringing the Peloponnesian War to an end.
"Owls (Athenian drachmas) to Athens" — Aristophanes, The Birds, 302, [6] also in 1106 [7] E.g., coals to Newcastle, ice to the Eskimos. Γνῶθι σεαυτόν. Gnôthi seautón. "Know thyself" Aphorism inscribed over the entrance to the temple of Apollo at Delphi. Alexander cuts the Gordian Knot, (Jean-Simon Berthélemy) Γόρδιος ...
This practice was encouraged in order that women bear as many strong-bodied children as they could. The Spartan population was hard to maintain due to the constant absence and loss of the men in battle and the intense physical inspection of newborns. [153] Spartan women were also literate and numerate, a rarity in the ancient world.
Later, one of the messengers Pausanias used to communicate with the Persians provided written evidence (a letter stating Pausanias' intentions) to the Spartan ephors. [15] Diodorus adds further detail to Thucydides' account. After the ephors were loath to believe the letter provided by the messenger, the messenger offered to produce Pausanias ...