Definitions | Religion | Social System | Spartan Army | Spartan quotes |
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Agoge
What is the distinctive Spartan system of upbringing and training.
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Polytheism
What is the worship of many gods called |
2
How many kings were there |
7
What is the age that boys started in the Agoge |
Queen Gorgo
Who said "Only Spartan women give birth to real men" |
Ephors
What are the Five magistrates elected annually from among all Spartiates |
Apollo
Who is one of the most important Gods to the Spartans |
28 plus 2 kings
How many in the council of elders |
Hoplite
What is the name of a Spartan soldier |
Lycurgus
Who said “A city is well-fortified which has a wall of men instead of brick” |
Eunomia
What is the Spartan condition of a stable state, well organized both socially and politically. |
Hyakinthia
What is the major festival in the Spartan calendar that lasted for three days, and celebrated the god Apollo and Hyakinthos. |
dwellers about
What does periokoi mean |
Greaves
What protected Hoplite legs
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Leonidas
Who said "Come and Take them" when told by Xerxes to give up his weapons |
Helots
Who are local inhabitants of Laconia and Messenia, owned by the Spartan state and required to work for its citizens in total subjection: they might on occasion be freed for military service. |
Temple of Artemis Orthia
What is the building young boys needed to steal cheese from |
Karneia
What is the name of the annual killing spree used to control the helots |
Battle of Leuctra
What is the name of the Battle where the Spartans were defeated - leading to the beginning of the downfall of the Spartan society |
Herodotus
Who tells us about the funerals of Spartan kings - Thousands attend funerals and would state that they were the best kings. |
Eiren
What is A twenty-year-old who had proceeded at least two years beyond the class of boys (paides) in the agoge and was in command of his Troop |
They are given a tomb and burial
How do we know if a Spartan died in battle or in childbirth |
Inferiors
What is the name for Spartans stripped of their citizenship or who were illegitimate children |
Plutarch
Which historian tells us that a cry for the Spartans was "Come back with your shield - or on it" |
Plutarch or Aristotle
Who tells us about the Krypteia, apparently groups who went out with minimal equipment, hid in the countryside and killed helots indiscriminately. |