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A Story From Stephen
Topic Started: Jul 20 2016, 01:02 AM (88 Views)
Catseye
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Was going through my old journals and I came across this story from Stephen Pressfield:


"There's a story from ancient Greece. At the games at Olympia, the spectators from each city-state sat in their own section -- Corinthians all together, Athenians all together and so forth.

An old man entered the packed stadium, seeking a seat. No one would get up for him. The elderly gentleman passed through the section of Argos and the section of Epidaurus. Not a single person stood up to offer a seat. The eyes of the whole stadium followed the old man, laughing at his predicament and mocking him derisively. Finally he reached the section where the men of Sparta sat.

At once, every Spartan stood and offered the old man his seat.

At this, the stadium burst into applause.

An observer said later, "Do you see, the Greeks know what is right, but only the Spartans practice it."




Edited by Catseye, Jul 20 2016, 01:03 AM.
"How awful a knowledge of the truth can be." -- Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
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