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The Historian Xenophon on Lycurgus, the Lawgiver of Sparta

By jventola on Feb 14, 2010 | In philo | Send feedback »

Lycurgus ..." ... thought that female slaves were competent to furnish clothes; and, considering that the PRODUCTION OF CHILDREN WAS THE NOBLEST DUTY OF THE FREE, he enacted ...that the female should practice bodily exercise no less than the male sex… more »