A Spartan returns from battle a hero, panties literally drop, and citizens follow him through the streets encouraging him to immediately start making babies.

>The elderly men and all the women saw this brave action of Acrotatus [**during the Siege of Sparta**], and when he returned back into the town to his first post, all covered with blood and fierce and elate with victory, he seemed to the Spartan women to have become taller and more beautiful than before, and they envied Chilonis so worthy a lover. And some of the old men followed him, crying aloud, “Go on, Acrotatus, be happy with Chilonis, and beget brave sons for Sparta.” _________________________ **Note:** A little context: Acrotatus was supposed to become a King of Sparta, but he was caught having unlawful sex with Chilnois, the young wife of his father’s uncle. Because of this, he was removed from the succession. This, and a few other reasons, led to Pyrrhus being ‘invited’ to Sparta (invited to invade). During the following “Siege of Sparta,” Acrotatus’ valor was cited as being one of the primary reasons that the Spartans had not been defeated. So, when he returned from the battle, covered in blood, all the women were fawning over him, and the people collectively encouraged his relationship with Chilonis, once a taboo, because, well… he totally deserved it. _________________________ **Source:** Plutarch, John Dryden, and Arthur Hugh Clough. "Pyrrhus." *Plutarch's Lives*. New York: Modern Library, 2001. 543. Print. _________________________ **Further Reading:** [Ἀκρότατος (Acrotatus II)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrotatus_II) [Siege of Sparta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Sparta)