This Is Sparta?
Conflicted: A History Podcast
The Dark Side of Spartan Boyhood
All spartan boys, starting at the age of seven, go to in order to learn the arts of war. The system produced the finest soldiers in ancient greece. Sexual relationships developed between adult males and adolescent boys that they were training. Spartan women would bathe their new borns, not in water, but in wine.
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