They have an 'inbred' love of freedom.
(..) All Greece will fall. Trust not in men... ...honor the gods. Honor the Carneia." The king's climb down is harder. Pompous, inbred swine. Worthless, diseased, rotten... ...corrupt. Truly, you're in the god-king's favor now... ...O wise and holy men. (..)2006 300
(..) This is Sparta! Welcome, Leonidas. We have been expecting you. The ephors, priests to the old gods. Inbred swine. More creature than man. Creatures whom even Leonidas must bribe and beg. For no Spartan king has gone to war without the ephors' blessing. (..)2006 300