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2. Molon labe - Wikipedia

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   Print by Richard Geiger of Leonidas I sending a messenger to the Spartans, 1900. Molṑn labé (Greek: μολὼν λαβέ, transl. "come and take [them]") is a Greek phrase attributed to Leonidas I of Sparta during his written correspondence with Xerxes I of Persia on the eve of the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.

3. Come and take it - Wikipedia

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   "Come and take it" is a long-standing expression of defiance first recorded in the ancient Greek form molon labe "come and take [them]", a laconic reply supposedly given by the Spartan King Leonidas I in response to the Persian King Xerxes I's demand for the Spartans to surrender their weapons on the eve of the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. [1]

4. Kenneth W. Royce - Wikipedia

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   Kenneth W. Royce is an American author who primarily writes under the pen-name of Boston T. Party. [1] [2] He has written non-fiction books that offer a libertarian stance on privacy, police encounters, tax resistance and gun politics. [3]

5. Laconic phrase - Wikipedia

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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.

6. Women in ancient Sparta - Wikipedia

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   Spartan women were famous in ancient Greece for seemingly having more freedom than women elsewhere in the Greek world. To contemporaries outside of Sparta, Spartan women had a reputation for promiscuity and controlling their husbands. Spartan women could legally own and inherit property, and they were usually better educated than their Athenian ...

7. Chiton (garment) - Wikipedia

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   A long chiton which reached the heels was called a chiton poderes, while a longer one which dragged the ground was called a chiton syrtos or an helkekhitōn (ἑλκεχίτων) (lit. ' a chiton that drags the ground '). [8] [9] A woman's chiton would always be worn at ankle length. Men wore the long chiton during the Archaic period, but later ...