Spartan Myths

Members of the neo-nazi "Golden Dawn" at the site of the Thermopylai
Members of the neo-nazi “Golden Dawn” at the site of the Thermopylai

 

Spartan Myths
In the early hours of Thursday 17 January, 26-year-old Shehzad Luqman rode his bicycle from the Peristeri suburb of Athens to the farmers’ market (or bakery, according to other reports) in Petralona, not far from the Acropolis, where he’d been working for several months. He was paid 20 euros a day, most of which he sent back to his family in Pakistan. […]

http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2013/02/14/yannis-hamilakis/spartan-myths/ (12th October)