This polity left behind a fixed number of troops to fight Argos at Thyrea, which ended with the suicide of Othryades, the last man standing.
This polity left behind a fixed number of troops to fight Argos at Thyrea, which ended with the suicide of Othryades, the last man standing. Tyrtaios was a poet who composed patriotic songs in honor of the victories of this polity, which often consulted the Great Rhetra. Its citizens under the age of thirty were conscripted into the shadowy krypteia. This city state conquered its neighbors during the First Messenian War. Its kings Cleombrotus I and Agesilaus II fought against Epaminondas at the battles of Leuctra and Mantinea after the Peloponnesian War. For 10 points, name this ancient Greek city state known for its warrior culture.
This polity left behind a fixed number of troops to fight Argos at Thyrea, which ended with the suicide of Othryades, the last man standing.
Sparta