The '''Spartan women''' and girls were trained almost as severley as the men and boys. When a Spartan soldier went into [[battle]] his mother would hand him his [[sheild]] and say "With it or on it." She meant to come home victorious with it on his arm or come home laying on it, dead. | The '''Spartan women''' and girls were trained almost as severley as the men and boys. When a Spartan soldier went into [[battle]] his mother would hand him his [[sheild]] and say "With it or on it." She meant to come home victorious with it on his arm or come home laying on it, dead. |