Conversations: Not the Fun Kind of Myths, De-Mystifying Spartan Tradition w/ Owen Rees
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
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Thermopoly
The analogy of thermopoly is often forgotten that it's a defeat. The president of the Ukraine rejects the 300 analogy, but he doesn't want to be the heroic Spartans making this stand for freedom and everything else because they lose. So we will always refer to it when we see something even closely relating to it occurring.
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