Talk:Tongue Stretcher/@comment-850349-20151217224130/@comment-2A00:23C5:11A1:3900:F06C:2194:209C:91F3-20190815055129

So basically what the Spartans did with the Helots- both to give the heroes practice with killing things and to remind the surviving monsters of their place in the world and not to rise up against humans.

http://www.documentarytube.com/articles/how-spartan-boys-were-turned-into-mighty-warriors