"Taken together, these scraps of evidence fully support the brilliant suggestion of Daube (1977, 11) that around 500 (BCE) Sparta, in common with other Greek states, took legal steps to stimulate the procreation of embryonic warriors."
Cartledge, P, 1979
Ancient History (and, let's face it, the historians) = weird
And on that note, I found myself
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