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Stoicism
Attested elsewhere in ancient sourcesA Hellenistic philosophy that had its origins in the "practical wisdom of the Spartans," as well as other schools of philosophy in Athens. It was founded by Zeno of Citium around 300 BCE and adopted by the Romans as their governing philosophy. It emphasizes virtue, reason, and living in harmony with nature as the path to eudaimonia (a well-lived life). Key principles include:
Acenes of Sparta: The Dragon Slayer
A dragon is the reason the 300 died. Leonidas used the magic of the gods to bind Kalaxes beneath Taygetus, and the price was his life and his men's. Sixty-two years later a seven-year-old of the agoge falls into the dragon's crypt and inherits the unpaid balance.
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