{"id":359,"date":"2013-04-16T08:07:26","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T08:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/archaeology\/?p=359"},"modified":"2013-04-16T08:07:26","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T08:07:26","slug":"spartan-myths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/archaeology\/2013\/04\/16\/spartan-myths\/","title":{"rendered":"Spartan Myths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_667\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-667\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/archaeology\/themes\/2013\/04\/spartan-myths\/attachment\/123\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-667\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-667\" title=\"Members of the neo-nazi &quot;Golden Dawn&quot; at the site of the Thermopylai\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/archaeology\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/20\/2013\/04\/123-470x351.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the neo-nazi &quot;Golden Dawn&quot; at the site of the Thermopylai\" width=\"470\" height=\"351\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the neo-nazi &#8220;Golden Dawn&#8221; at the site of the Thermopylai<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #456789;padding: 12px;margin-bottom: 16px\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lrb.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/02\/14\/yannis-hamilakis\/spartan-myths\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100px;float: left;margin: 0 12px 0 0\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.lrb.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/lrb-2010\/images\/nav-logo-set.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lrb.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/02\/14\/yannis-hamilakis\/spartan-myths\/\">Spartan Myths<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nIn the early hours of Thursday 17 January, 26-year-old Shehzad Luqman rode his bicycle from the Peristeri suburb of Athens to the farmers\u2019 market (or bakery, according to other reports) in Petralona, not far from the Acropolis, where he\u2019d been working for several months. He was paid 20 euros a day, most of which he sent back to his family in Pakistan. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lrb.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/02\/14\/yannis-hamilakis\/spartan-myths\/\">&#8230;<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lrb.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/02\/14\/yannis-hamilakis\/spartan-myths\/\">http:\/\/www.lrb.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/02\/14\/yannis-hamilakis\/spartan-myths\/<\/a> (12th October)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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\u2019 market (or bakery, according to other reports) in Petralona, not far from the Acropolis, where he\u2019d been working for several months. 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