Model Kris Gottschalk is styled by Katie Burnett as "a spartan beauty', in 'Day for Night', lensed by Nagi Sakai for Models.com. / Hair by Roberto Di Cuia; makeup by Erin Parsons

Spartan women were famous in ancient Greece as being far more empowered than their contemporaries in Athens, who had lost far more rights with the rise of patriarchal values and monotheism. In addition to being military fighters, Spartan women had a reputation for controlling their husbands, they legally owned property and inherited it. They were also better educated. Spartan girl babies were known to be as well fed as boys, unlike the fate of girls in Athens.

This Gottschalk-Burnett-Sakai editorial pays homage to the androgynous strength and influence of Spartan women.