At the end of the day the soldiers would sing hymns and poems by the seventh-century B.C. poet Tyrtaeus, whose work exalted Spartan patriotism. Dressed for battle, Spartans and Athenians looked alike.

Famous quotes and anecdotes associated with the Spartans: Herodotus reports that just before the Battle of Thermoplyae, a Spartan warrior named Dienekes was told that the Persian archers could ...

Smith said. MindShift asked Smith and other educators to share some of the poems by living poets that have resonated with their students. Here are their highlights. “It Is Maybe Time to Admit That ...

That’s where Thanksgiving poems come in. Stirring words from some of the greatest poets in history can give voice to your gratitude. It’s important to take a moment to say thank you ...

Christina Rossetti was one of the finest poets of the Victorian age, well known for collections including Goblin Market and Other Poems and The Face of the Deep. She addressed gender issues in her ...

including Homer’s epic poem The Iliad, which is at least 2,500 years old. The cause of war is Helen’s elopement from the Spartan court with Paris, a Trojan prince. Helen is the wife of ...

But Quantico is more spartan. It has no tourist aspirations ... is narrated by “the Dead,” but it is not a pacifist poem. The final stanza is an injunction to press on: Take up our quarrel ...

Amanda Gorman has become the youngest poet ever to perform at a presidential inauguration, calling for "unity and togetherness" in her self-penned poem. The 22-year-old delivered her work The Hill ...

The cereal Riddy decides to buy is Spartan Crunch, which the label claims ... she's greeted by a guard reading The Echo - a ...

The State News welcomes members of the MSU community to submit for publication essays, columns, poems or any other piece of written work that relates to emotions after the Feb. 13 tragedy.

He has already raised more than £300 and hopes that by posting new poems regularly he will continue to raise ... probably from our twenties when we were both members of the Spartan Red Sox Walking ...