BECAUSE There is some evidence to suggest that Spartans abandoned imperfect babies, which sometimes led to their deaths. Children were trained for battle from a young age in Sparta, and those children who couldn’t fight were often left to die. Some did; others were rescued and adopted by other families.
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Back to the story about the throwing of unhealthy babies. Spartans did not throw deformed babies away: researchers (AFP, 10 December 2007) The Greek myth that ancient Spartans threw their stunted and sickly newborns off a cliff was not corroborated by archaeological digs in the area, researchers said Monday.
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