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Why would a Spartan mother tell her son “Come home carrying your shield or being carried on it?”

Why would a Spartan mother tell her son “Come home carrying your shield or being carried on it?”
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Why would a Spartan mother tell her son “Come home carrying your shield or being carried on it?”

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The spartan child better be victorious upon its enemies and if not better be carried off either dead or crippled
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