A Persian ambassador asked the wife of Leonidas, why they paid such honors to the women at Lacedemon? "It is," replied she, "because they have entirely the forming of the men." (Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de Lambert)

A Persian ambassador asked the wife of Leonidas, why they paid such honors to the women at Lacedemon? "It is," replied she, "because they have entirely the forming of the men."

Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de Lambert

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