The glory that was Greece : a survey of Hellenic culture and civilization (1915)
Stobart, J. C. (John Clarke), 1878-1933, Hopper, R. J. (Robert John), 1910- · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 166
he child was not considered to belong to hisfather, but to the city. The Law-giver thought it absurd totake trouble about the breed of horses and dogs, and then letthe imbecile, the elderly, and the diseased bear and begetchildren. There was another celebrated Spartan reparteeabout adultery: We… … THE AGES OF TRANSITION My clear sir, how could there be adultery at Sparta? At birth the babe was taken away from its parent to a hallwhere the elders of the tribe sat to examine it. If it wasplump and strong they said, Rear it. If not it was exposedto die in a cleft of the mountain. For they…
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