Myth of ancient Greece’s ‘heroes’ blown away – Home News, UK – The Independent

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Spartans! Prepare for, well, embarrassment. It seems that far from being elite, noble warriors, each worth 1,000 of any rival soldiers, King Leonidas’ crack troops were a bunch of bullying thugs. And Alexander …

Â Â Â Â Alexander’s myth is a classic case of “history is written by the conquerer, not the conquered”. In Persia he was known as “Alexander the Conqueror”. The great tag never figured there.Â Â Â Â

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