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[rubberbandiv]

So, 300. Woulda been more fun in theaters, but had its moments. "Boy-loving Athenians?" The Spartans were pederasts. Main problem was that because of the internet, I had heard and seen all the catchphrases and bloody bits, so it lacked in impact. Kicking the dude into the well felt a bit forced. Also, that was a well, right? You don't throw

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[glennwarrens]

Drink the water around the corpse! The idea's fool-proof.

[glennwarrens]

In retrospect, it's almost not quite applicable to compare "eating around something" to "drinking around something". My comedy fails. :(

[rubberbandiv]

How silly of me!

[aliasjack]

Sparta was actually one of the few ancient Greek communities that wasn't pederastic.

[rubberbandiv]

From what Wikipedia tells me, they definitely practiced pederasty: boys were expected to take on older lovers. However, whether or not this was chaste pederasty is inconclusive. None of the sources seem to be online. I do see something about an island colonized by Sparta with inscriptions saying quite literally "Krimon fucked Amotion here," where x and y are male names, and Athenian comedy routines about the Spartans as boy-lovers.

[aliasjack]

From everything I've read, it seemed to mostly be a mentorship deal.

[shadowiii]

They actually did throw the messengers in the well in the real story. They also did yell "Persians, come and get them!" (Molon Labe) to the persians. That's now the greek army's motto.

And I'm not actually smart, I just read it on wikipedia.