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The Greek Thingby *dashinvaine

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When a Spartan warrior left for war, his mother would hand him his shield, with the words 'either with it or on it', i.e. that he should return either victorious or dead, either carrying his shield or being carried on it. They didn't go in for sentimentality, those Spartans. The word 'laconic' derives from Laconia, a polis of ancient Sparta. Spartans were expected to be people of few words.

Done as a menu background for '0 A.D' from Wildfire.

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Submitted on: August 16, 2011
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~CiLiNDr0 Mar 24, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Wow! Amazing work! Love it!

I was wandering if you could let me us this image for an Android game called "Kingdoms of Myth", it's turn based strategy game based on a fantasy World. You can find a little bit more info in this rough website made by my colleges [link] (Sorry for the bad English). Of course you will have full credits of your work and link to your webpage if you want

Lot of thanks for your time

*dashinvaine Mar 24, 2013

Sorry, I don't want existing works used for commercial products (not without a license payment, anyway). This one belongs to 0AD anyway, so can't be used in any case.

~CiLiNDr0 Mar 25, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Thanks for your answer, but I want you to know that it is a free game, that's why we are asking to artists, because as we do not expect any kind of money, we can't afford paying

~Tohokari-Steel Feb 1, 2013

Spartan mothers believed in tough love...

Another example of Spartans being "men of few words", when Philip of Macedon was on the war-path, he told the Spartans "If I conquer Sparta, I shall control all of Greece.". The Spartan response was, "IF."