591K views · 4.7K reactions | We've all heard of the legendary spartan warriors and the brutal life that they lead. But what was the life like for the women in ancient sparta? | Odyssey - Ancient History | Facebook

Aristodemus of Sparta was one of the famed Three Hundred who marched with King Leonidas to Thermopylae in 480 BCE, yet his name survived not for valor, but for an absence of it. Afflicted by an eye infection alongside comrade Eurytus, he was ordered to withdraw to Alpeni. Eurytus, half-blind, returned to the pass and fell beneath Persian spears; Aristodemus obeyed the physicians and lived. Returning to Sparta, he discovered survival could be a heavier burden than death. Citizens denied him fire,