Spartan
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- | [[424 BC]]: The [[Spartan]] general [[Brasidas]] captures [[Amphipolis]], which is a setback for Athens. [[Thucydides]] is held responsible for the Athenian failure and is ostracised. This gives him time to start writing his [[History of the Peloponnesian War|history book]] | + | |
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#: ''I went on the retreat to the monastery thinking I would be sleeping in a '''spartan''' cell to discover a simple, but comfortable bedroom.'' | #: ''I went on the retreat to the monastery thinking I would be sleeping in a '''spartan''' cell to discover a simple, but comfortable bedroom.'' | ||
# [[resolute]] in the face of [[danger]] or [[adversity]] | # [[resolute]] in the face of [[danger]] or [[adversity]] | ||
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# lacking in [[decoration]] and [[luxury]] | # lacking in [[decoration]] and [[luxury]] | ||
#: ''After ten years as a fashion designer in the rough-and-tumble Garment District, Eloise left New York for the '''spartan''' but serene life of a farmer's wife.''" --Wiktionary, 2009 | #: ''After ten years as a fashion designer in the rough-and-tumble Garment District, Eloise left New York for the '''spartan''' but serene life of a farmer's wife.''" --Wiktionary, 2009 | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Sparta]] | *[[Sparta]] | ||
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- "austere, frugal or characterized by self-denial, as was customary in Sparta
- I went on the retreat to the monastery thinking I would be sleeping in a spartan cell to discover a simple, but comfortable bedroom.
- resolute in the face of danger or adversity
- The spartan legionnaries vowed to fight to the death.
- lacking in decoration and luxury
- After ten years as a fashion designer in the rough-and-tumble Garment District, Eloise left New York for the spartan but serene life of a farmer's wife." --Wiktionary, 2009
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