ANCIENT GREEK CITY-STATE of SPARTA
They were a military caste and invincible warriors.
- run – ran
- swim – swam
- think – thought
- wear - wore
- feel - felt
- choose – chose
- see – saw
Spartan “Childhood”
- “ To bring food and clothes they steal, some going into gardens and others insinuating themselves dangerously and cautiously into the men’s masses. If anyone is caught, he is given many lashes with the whip, and not for stealing but for being caught.”
- Only necessary schooling
- Provoked to fight
- Taken from home at seven
- Only necessary food and clothes
- Modern children
- do/ don’t do
- Boys in Ancient Sparta did/ didn’t do
- Boys in Ancient Sparta trained a lot to be soldiers.
- Modern children have a lot of food.
- Boys in Ancient Sparta didn’t have a lot of food.
- Modern children don’t train a lot to be soldiers.
Sparta: Society
- What distinctions did exist in Spartan society were based not on wealth or social status, but on prowess, discipline, and military talent
- Spartan educational system cultivated such attributes from an early age
- Boys left their homes at age seven to live in military barracks under a rigorous regime of physical training At age 20 they went into the military where they served until retirement
- Boys left their homes at age seven to live in military barracks under a rigorous regime of physical training
- At age 20 they went into the military where they served until retirement
Sparta: Society
- Women married at age 18 or 20 but did not live with their husbands
- The men stayed in the barracks until about age 30 when they began to set up households with their wives and children Women maintained strict physical regimes in the hopes of bearing strong children
- The men stayed in the barracks until about age 30 when they began to set up households with their wives and children
- Women maintained strict physical regimes in the hopes of bearing strong children