| Every time you see a famous Greek figurine on a | | | | weapons for the fighters. |
| broken piece of porcelain, a warrior with his | | | | A statue of King Lyonidas I in Sparta is a classical |
| helmet and his breastplate with a short steel | | | | example of a warrior king, something that every |
| sword in his hands, an image of the famous | | | | Spartan was taught to do since birth, fight for |
| Spartan sword and the warrior comes to mind. | | | | their honor and respect for the state. The state |
| The fifth century saw the rise of the Spartan | | | | was above everything else and one would either |
| infantry, a solid wall or phalanx structure kept the | | | | come back a winner from a war or die for one's |
| warriors placed like an impenetrable wall, one that | | | | own state. King Lyonidas' Spartan sword held |
| the enemy thought twice of penetrating. The | | | | ready for a thrust in combat stands testimony to |
| Spartan sword played a significant role in the | | | | the Spartans' significance on fighting for their |
| hands of the infantry. The shield and the sword | | | | rights and their country. The nation was above |
| was the typical dress of the Spartan warrior. | | | | everything else. Aristotle had spoken of this in |
| The one name, Sparta, has sparked off many a | | | | most of his writings. |
| debate and accolade on the Greeks and the | | | | Life has moved on from the fifth century BC. |
| Spartan sword was a part of Greek history. | | | | Modern methods of warfare have evolved and |
| Athens and Sparta, the two rival states, which | | | | people have evolved technologically. At the press |
| fought for supremacy among the Greek city | | | | of a button man is able to destroy, annihilate a |
| states consisted of brave warriors who were | | | | whole nation, without so much as moving an |
| trained in classical warfare from a very young | | | | extra muscle. The age of innovation has pushed |
| age. | | | | us on to new frontiers the Greeks would never |
| Having been trained in shock combat, the Spartan | | | | have imagined. But they were the original creators |
| sword was the most effective weapon for a | | | | of democracy, they sowed the seeds of a |
| soldier in a phalanx. A high degree of discipline and | | | | civilized democratic society, taught the world |
| practiced skill was required for the soldiers to | | | | organized, disciplined methods of warfare. The |
| maintain their formations in war. | | | | Spartan sword remains today a symbol of a |
| A short and brutal battle during the many wars | | | | nation which raises its artistic weapon high over its |
| like the Peloponnesian War, the Greco Persian | | | | head, ready for action, ready for anything to die |
| Wars, the Battle of the Marathons, eulogized by | | | | with honor for one's country and one's fellow |
| many a poet and historian, repeatedly speak of | | | | men. |
| the Spartan sword and the shield as the primary | | | | |