Yes they did believe that they were descendants of Hercules.
Hercules is always depicted as a hero. He's a demigod descended from Zeus that averts several crises throughout Greece.
They were descended from a warrior people called the Dorians who invaded Greece from the north, and they settled in the southern part of Greece, the Peloponnese, where they founded the city of Sparta.
Because they were from Sparta.
If the helots defeated the Spartans, the Spartans, being defeated, could not do anything to them.
Hercules was bisexual.
Descended from gods
Hercules is always depicted as a hero. He's a demigod descended from Zeus that averts several crises throughout Greece.
Descended from the gods.
The Dorians were the people who inhabited the land of Sparta. Six of their major city-states merged into one as their leaders all claimed they were descended from Herakles (aka Hercules). A man called Lycurgus created the Spartan way of life as they knew it sometime afterwards.
Hercules is a god today. After he performed his twelve labors he claimed his rightful place on Mount Olympus. This of course angered Hera the wife of Zeus.
They were descended from a warrior people called the Dorians who invaded Greece from the north, and they settled in the southern part of Greece, the Peloponnese, where they founded the city of Sparta.
Duane "Dog" Chapman, has claimed that he has Cherokeeblood on his mother's side.
No, he was not. Alexander the Great was the son of Philip II of Macedon and Olympias, a princess of the ancient Greek country of Epirus. It was claimed by ancient historians that Hercules was an ancestor of Alexander's through his father's side, and during his reign Alexander did identify himself with Hercules, often depicting himself as the Greek hero on coins.
Spartans? Huh, Nobody.The Spartans Idol Was Themselves...
Hercules is considered the strongest warrior in Greek Mythology. But as far as real life is concerned it would be the Spartans or the Roman Legionnaires. Empires were formed on both of these warriors backs. Entire Empires.
Because they were from Sparta.
The Spartans are Greeks.