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From: "Vern Humphrey" 
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To: goffscalif{at}aol.com [mailto:goffscalif{at}aol.com]
>
>
> > Even the Greeks couldn't help showing admiration for
> > the Persians.  Recall the story in Herodotus where
> > the Spartans treacherously murdered the Persian
> > envoys who demanded their submission at the time
> > of the Perso-Greek war.  The Spartans soon regretted
> > this violation of the law of nations and sent a delegation
> > to Xerxes offering their lives to atone for the crime.  The
> > King refused to kill them, instead treating them royally
> > and sending them home unharmed.
>
> My favorite Spartan-Person exchange was at Thermopylae.  The
> Persia officer
> who was trying to get the Spartans to surrender said that the
> Persians had so
> many archers that their arrows would darken the sun.  The Spartan
> commander
> (Leonidas?) replied, "Good - then we'll fight in the shade."    :)
>
The Persian king, Xerxes also offered to make the Spartans lords over
Hellas, if they would give up their weapons.  The Spartans replied,
"Molon labe!"  (Come and take them).


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