No one is entitled to courage, btw.
It's believed that the Ancient Greek poet Archilochus threw his shield away.
"The well known tale of Spartan woman to her son as he went to war: 'Come back with your shield - or on it'. Throwing away one's shield was seen as the ultimate disgrace to the Greek's so well versed in the Homeric heroics.
Ancient critics cite the elegy as evidence that Archilochus was a shameless coward who deserved censure and rebuke.
This view was already well established in fifth-century Athens. Critias remarks that the most disgraceful of all the poet's actions was that he 'threw away his shield', and Aristophanes draws on aspects of the poem to characterize Cleonymus, a favorite target of comic abuse, as a 'shield thrower'".
It's believed that the Ancient Greek poet Archilochus threw his shield away.
"The well known tale of Spartan woman to her son as he went to war: 'Come back with your shield - or on it'. Throwing away one's shield was seen as the ultimate disgrace to the Greek's so well versed in the Homeric heroics.
Ancient critics cite the elegy as evidence that Archilochus was a shameless coward who deserved censure and rebuke.
This view was already well established in fifth-century Athens. Critias remarks that the most disgraceful of all the poet's actions was that he 'threw away his shield', and Aristophanes draws on aspects of the poem to characterize Cleonymus, a favorite target of comic abuse, as a 'shield thrower'".
