![]() ![]() ![]() Treatment of a boy or man who's older than you: Respect, obedience, regard for them 3. the importance of reading was only for practical reasons 2. while hungry Reason for encouraging boys to steal: Know how to plan, be resourceful, figure out a way to get food if they didn't have it Reason for whipping boys who were caught stealing: They got caught, so they didn't know how to steal well enough Krypteia: The most sensible of young Spartiates, law enforcement officers, carried daggers and food, killed helots Plutarch's reason for killing helot's: -So they wouldn't rebel -display of dominance Spartan children taught: 1. Gave half of what they grew to Spartans Spartiates: Pure Spartans, owned land Spartan boys spent 13 years in the agoge evidence that Spartan boys developed stronger attachment to their agoge groups than to their families: -barely spent time with family -With agoge for longer Spartan values suggested by document: -Strength, bravery, cunning, obedience, nationalism, courage, leadership, loyalty Strengths of Spartan education: -Strength, militaristic training, athletic -Know how to fight, survive better -Strong, survival skills, able to prevent rebellion -Offspring may have been stronger b/c women were strong Weaknesses of Spartan education: -Don't get a real education -get whipped for trying to eat -taken from families so early -taught to be thieves -no morals -Being starved, not healthy -Hungry, bad morals, no luxuries, gross food, nothing to live for but war -Hard to get allies, everyone hates them, they kill people -Only strength education, regulated marriages Clothing worn by Spartan boys: One garment throughout the year Reason for small rations of food: So they could go longer w/out food, be able to fight, etc. Athens At Thermopylae, stood their ground against Persians, all died, but Persians never reached Sparta Athens, helots, and Persians posed threats to Sparta population of Spart was mostly Helots, fewer pure Spartans Peloponnese: Peninsula in southern Greece where Sparta was city-state: Independent city in Greece Phalanx: A battle formation in which they locked shields together and had swords and spears Helots: Foreign conquered people, considered enemy from w/in, not slaves but not free. Sparta located on Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece military technique that helped Sparta become so strong: Phalanx Peloponnesian Wars: Sparta vs. ![]()
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