== 'Unquestioning in the performance of their duty," == 

 "Unquestioning in the performance of their duty, Spartan mothers did not give in to sentiment even when faced with a child's death. "I bore him so that he might die for Sparta," one woman said of her son, "and that is what has happened, as I wished."" (Plutarch,"Sayings of Spartan Women") 

 Aren't the quotes in Plutarch's 'Sayings of Spartan Women' generally considered to be a load of crap?