Herodotos of Hallicarnassos

Herodotos of Hallicarnassos, 2500 years ago:

Demaratos answered him:

I knew, O king! at the outset, that if I told thee the truth, my speech would displease thine ears. But as thou didst require me to answer thee with all possible truthfulness, I informed thee what the Spartans will do.... [T:]he Lacedaemonians, when they fight singly, are as good men as any in the world, and when they fight in a body, are the bravest of all. For though they be free-men, they are not in...