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Here, Obedient to Their Laws, We Lie*

Graves of Athenian war dead from the defeat of the Persians at Marathon, through the Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens, until Rome’s wars against Carthage, in a cemetery said to include the grave of Pericles, are being excavated and will be accessible to visitors in the near future. 

“We have the remains of Athenian warriors of the Peloponnesian War carried there from battlefield funeral pyres,” supervising archaeologist Haris Stoupa told reporters.

“We’re not sure of the exact battle as we were not fortunate enough to find engravings,” she added.

*The quote of course is of the Spartans at Thermopylae, who were allied with the Athenians in that case and died to allow them to fight the Persians another day.

h/t dienekes

Topics: anthronerdism, courage, military

  Posted by Jules Crittenden at 2:18 am on Tuesday, February 20, 2007

2 Responses to “Here, Obedient to Their Laws, We Lie*”

1. Bill's Bites Says:
   February 20th, 2007 at 3:15 am

   Nibbles — 2007.02.20

   Just read ‘em. Maybe I’ll find time to do more with ‘em later. Here, Obedient to Their Laws, We Lie* Jules CrittendenGraves of Athenian war dead from the defeat of the Persians at Marathon, through the Peloponnesian War between Sparta

2. Old War Dogs Says:
   February 20th, 2007 at 3:18 am

   Bill’s Nibbles — 2007.02.20

   Some Bill’s Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I’m sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong above the

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