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Dec 2022
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COMING SOON! Spartan Myth-making & Mirag...

Liv Albert
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A special series of episodes is coming in January... Four weeks of Spartan myth, history, culture, and more, accompanied by conversations with some of the top experts in ancient Sparta and ancient military practices, along with the more troubling modern notions of Sparta... Listen wherever you listen to podcasts.

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