love the light of dawn.” This is a quote taken from ancient Spartan society that was said to the young men who were in the process of becoming soldiers. While Sparta is most popularly known as a warrior society‚ it had many other characteristics that made it revered. No other civilization during the Classical Era can be compared to that of Sparta. Sparta’s legendary warriors‚ women‚ and politics made it a true iconic civilization during that time period. Of course‚ the main topic for discussion
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Throughout the Peloponnesian war‚ the island of Melos had managed to remain neutral‚ while refusing to become a subject of Athens. However‚ as the war progressed‚ Athens closed in on the island‚ which responded with hostility. The Athenians the in a frank manner suitable to their bold nature‚ offered the Melians an ultimatum that was essentially to surrender and pay tribute to Athens‚ or be conquered and destroyed. Throughout the dialogue that commenced between the Melians and the Athenians‚ the subjects
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of his students Plato and Xenophon. He fought in the Athenian army‚ he was a stone statuary‚ he was in the Athens assembly‚ and most of all he was a teacher of philosophy. Socrates was brave and fearless in the face of war and death; he was willing to fight for things he believed in. His words are still referenced today. Socrates was born to a working class family in the city of Athens‚ Greece in 469 B.C. (Fourth year of the 77th Olympiad). His father was a statuary (a sculptor) named Sophrohiscus
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Jacqueline Gomez The Spartans Sparta was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece‚ situated on the banks of the Eurotas River in Laconia‚ in south-eastern Peloponnese. It emerged as a political entity around the 10th century BC‚ when the invading Dorians subjugated the local‚ non-Dorian population. From 650 BC it rose to become the dominant military land-power in ancient Greece. Given its military pre-eminence‚ Sparta was recognized as the overall leader of the combined Greek forces during
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to defending their city states. The Persian armada of 600 ships an invasion force of of 20‚000 infantry and cavalry on just north of Athens in september 490 B.C. Their goal was to crush Greek states. The Athens had 10‚000 men ready for the attack so they can protect their territory. Persians and the athens met on a plain mountain of Marathon 6 miles north of Athens. There were 6‚400 persians killed and 192 greeks were murdered. The Plataeans and Athenians defeated the Persians. Athenians went back
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architecture‚ writing and literature‚ and Greek writer’s views of Sparta. The Spartan cultural life also gives us knowledge into other aspects of Spartan life and the society in which they lived. Architecture was one of the essential parts of the Spartan cultural life. The main sites for Spartan architecture were Amyklaios‚ the Menelaion and the sanctuary of Artimis Orthia. The sanctuary of Apollo Amyklaios‚ five kilometres south of Sparta was populated from prehistoric times. It was until the roman
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the base of Greek culture. Athens a city-state in Greece began a long on-going war with Sparta‚ the powerful city-state of southern Greece’s Peloponnesian Peninsula. Religion‚ politics and popular culture all play a part in understanding Lysistrata‚ a play that was written to explain the ending of this war. In the play‚ gods and goddesses are referenced constantly and the people did what they had to do to make the gods happy. In Athens;
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I. In Greece the polis of Sparta was the number one military authority for the people and for the time period. There was nothing that the Spartans could not do when it came to war. From the time that Spartan men were born‚ they were evaluated for their future services to the Spartan society. Each baby was sent to have the ten‚ ten‚ one test done on them as explained in the novel‚ The Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield. This test was to check and make sure that there were no deformities. If there
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importance and authority in Sparta. The queens had no power in the Theban monarchy‚ even though they were higher in society than most men. This shows the relationship between men and women‚ because no matter how high their social standing was‚ the women were seen as the lower class. Athens worked toward negotiating order by focusing on the needs of the people (particularly the men). Government positions were only given to free adult males‚ leaving women with no voice in politics; Athens later opened office
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result in the inevitable fall of one of the most notorious nations of all time. Sparta was a place‚ a people like no other. The way in which they managed their daily affairs lead to restriction of rights. The Spartan Idealism and Spartan Law aided in the collapse of Sparta. " Sparta stood for the complete antithesis to Athens‚ with here brilliant culture‚ freedom-loving but fickle democracy and cult of the individual. Sparta was a model of stability‚ order and discipline or of reaction‚ regimentation
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