The other half of “Spartan Society and Values” is the historian Xenophon’s description of “The Laws and Customs of the Spartans.” Does Xenophon seem to admire the Spartans (a/k/a the Lacedaemonians)? According to Xenophon, what are the most unusual aspects of Spartan society, and why did their legendary lawgiver Lycurgus design Spartan life in this way?