There is no manlier man in classical #Greece than the #Spartan warrior-king, #Agesilaos II:
“It is a fact also that Agesilaos was excessively fond of his children, and a story is told of his joining in their childish play. Once, when they were very small, he bestrode a stick, and was playing horse with them in the house, and when he was spied doing this by one of his friends, he entreated him not to tell anyone, until he himself should be a father of children.” (#Plutarch, Life of Agesilaos, 25.5)
Happy Father’s Day!