This Is Sparta?

Conflicted: A History Podcast

Zach Cornwell

Education, History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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A myth-busting breakdown of history’s favorite fitness cult. SOURCES: Hanson, Victor Davis. A War Like No Other. 2005. Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War Plutarch. Parallel Lives Xenophon. Hellenica Cartledge, Paul. “The Socratics’ Sparta and Rosseau’s”. Cambridge University. 1998 Penades, Antonio. “Bred for Battle - Understanding Ancient Sparta’s Military Machine”. National Geographic History. Dec 2016. Grant, R.G. “Battle of Leuctra”. Encyclopedia Britannica. March, 2017 Andrews, Evan. “8 Reasons It Wasn’t Easy Being Spartan”. History.com. Sept 2018 Grant, R.G. “Battle of Leuctra”. Encyclopedia Britannica. March, 2017 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.6	Hello and welcome to Conflicted, the history podcast where we talk about the struggles that
0:35.5	shaped us, the hard questions that they
0:37.6	pose, and why we should care about any of it. I'm your host, Zach Cornwell, and this is episode
0:44.3	one. This is Sparta. In 2006, a movie was released.
1:17.8	Almost overnight, it became a cultural phenomenon,
1:21.5	raking in half a billion dollars and dominating the summer blockbuster season.
1:26.0	It told the story of a heroic last stand made by proud, noble warriors.
1:31.9	It told a tale of honor and love and sacrifice and guitar solos.
1:37.2	So many guitar solos.
1:39.1	As you may have guessed by now, this movie was called 300.
1:42.8	At the time, there was no escaping this movie. It sparked
1:45.5	memes and parodies and was endlessly quotable. I remember seeing it in the theater
1:50.5	and leaving on an adrenaline high that I can barely even describe. In my defense I was a
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