Post by King Leonidas I on Mar 31, 2007 11:07:20 GMT -5
Pausanias Chuckled a bit, Sparta was not that uncivilized, dancing was a way Spartans trained and exercised and were trained to in the Agoge system. Now granted their dances would have been mainly done during training he might be able to show her one of the fast pace and physically straining Spartan dances. He doubted she could hold it for any long period of time though. Perhaps, if she is to live in Sparta, he could train her to be more Spartan. Yes! That was it.
"M'lady, we Spartans do have dancing here, not the usual slow and highly stylized dancing of our neighbors but dancing none the less. Our dancing is very strenuous and is used during our training regiments. Perhaps I could teach you Spartan dancing in order to help you assimilate and other things of that nature and you could teach me to dance like a Persian."
Dancing like a Persian wasn't to appealing but he had to appeal to her, she needed to feel not so foreign and more understood. He would teach her to be a Spartan woman. Meaning he intended on teaching her to fight with a blade, to get into an extreme physical condition and the mentality. He would enjoy it, and perhaps with her ascent to good graces with Sparta he could maybe pursue her on a greater scale. Right now if he did any children would be scorned half-breeds and would have no rights under the law. Perhaps Leonidas could grant her citizenship in exchange for her knowledge. He could only hope for that. He would go before she went to Leonidas and try to convince him that this knowledge will greatly benefit Sparta and she should be boasted throughout the city as a hero.
"M'lady, we Spartans do have dancing here, not the usual slow and highly stylized dancing of our neighbors but dancing none the less. Our dancing is very strenuous and is used during our training regiments. Perhaps I could teach you Spartan dancing in order to help you assimilate and other things of that nature and you could teach me to dance like a Persian."
Dancing like a Persian wasn't to appealing but he had to appeal to her, she needed to feel not so foreign and more understood. He would teach her to be a Spartan woman. Meaning he intended on teaching her to fight with a blade, to get into an extreme physical condition and the mentality. He would enjoy it, and perhaps with her ascent to good graces with Sparta he could maybe pursue her on a greater scale. Right now if he did any children would be scorned half-breeds and would have no rights under the law. Perhaps Leonidas could grant her citizenship in exchange for her knowledge. He could only hope for that. He would go before she went to Leonidas and try to convince him that this knowledge will greatly benefit Sparta and she should be boasted throughout the city as a hero.
