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[edit] Education of Girls

There seems to be some citations regarding "sexual relationship with an older women" at Spartan pederasty under the "Females"-heading.

[edit] The Truth

The truth must be known!!!!!

[edit] Change

I removed the line regarding sacrifice to Eros... not due to it being inaccurate, per se... but because it was irrelevant to the topic. This particular article is about the Agoge--not Spartan battlefield practice. Phoebus Americanos (talk) 07:48, 7 January 2008 (UTC)