Spartans had decisively beaten Athens‚ long their most dangerous enemy. In so doing Sparta had seized the hegemony of the Greek world. Leuctra must have seemed to many observers of the contemporary scene like rain from a clear blue sky. Yet‚ in hindsight‚ when we look more closely at the history of Sparta as a military society‚ the collapse at Leuctra starts to make sense. By the time they met the Thebans there‚ Sparta had long been in serious trouble; it was only a matter of time before someone found
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the duty of running the household and had the opportunity to inherit‚ have ownership of land and accumulate wealth. According to Aristotle‚ “women owned as much as two fifths of the Spartan land” (Aristotle)‚ in the fourth century BC. Women of Sparta had the primary duty of producing physically and mentally strong children. (makedbyteachers‚ 2009) Xenophon tells us “for free women the most important job was to bear children”. (Xenaphon‚ CONSTITUTION OF THE LACEDAEMONIANS) They were expected to
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The Spartan Military was one of the most feared militaries of its time. Located in the southern region of the Peloponnesus‚ Sparta was centralized around military dominance. Beginning at a young age‚ Spartan boys were pushed both physically and mentally. Every day was a test. Lycurgus‚ a Spartan Tyrant‚ was revered as God with his reforms to transform Sparta into the ultimate weapon‚ militarization. The Spartan military was the most feared military in the world for their way of life‚ ruthless training
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Influenced by Confucianism and India by Hinduism. All together your post was good. You made some great key points when you mentioned the starting of a new dynasty for Persia and also about the Peloponnesian War and the conflicts between Athens and Sparta that lead to it. Even though you mention great factors as to how the Persian War effected Greek-city states and Persia ‚ I think you should of add more evidence about how Greek art and philosophy influenced many. For example‚ today many schools in
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civilizations have restricted the rights and ability of women to own and manage property. Women in ancient civilization have had to fight in order to be treated fairly. Two major cities in Greek‚ Sparta‚ and Athenian even though they were in the same country they had two different views and treatment regarding women. Sparta women were treated a lot better and ha more freedom compared to a lot of different civilization. Athenian women were treated very poorly. Even though women aren’t talked about a lot in
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Lysistrata Characters: Lysistrata - Lysistrata is an Athenian woman who is sick and tired of war and the treatment of women in Athens. Lysistrata gathers the women of Sparta and Athens together to solve these social ills and finds success and power in her quest. Lysistrata is the least feminine of the women from either Athens or Sparta‚ and her masculinity helps her gain respect among the men. Cleonice- is the next-door neighbor of Lysistrata and is the first to show up at Lysistrata’s meeting of
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300 Cast • King Leonidas‚ King of Sparta. • Queen Gorgo‚ Queen of Sparta • Pleistarchus‚ son of Leonidas and Gorgo • Theron‚ a fictional corrupt Spartan politician • Dilios‚ narrator and Spartan soldier. • Captain Artemis‚ Leonidas’ loyal captain and friend. • Astinos‚ Captain Artemis’ eldest son. • Daxos‚ an Arcadian leader who joins forces with Leonidas. • Ephialtes‚ a deformed Spartan outcast and traitor. • King Xerxes‚ God-King of Persia • The Loyalist‚ a loyal Spartan politician
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nationalities‚ it is always certain that differences will be apparent. But‚ in my opinion‚ no two females from different nationalities contrast as well as those from Sparta and Athens. They seem very similar at a first glance‚ but‚ when digging deep into the pages of history; we see that this couldn’t be more to the contrary. In both Sparta and Athens‚ the woman’s place was in the home – but‚ not in the same capacity. In Athens‚ it was the proper etiquette for a woman to be submissive and obedient.
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as their character was not built entirely. They didn’t even know how to enjoy life! If Spartans were at the dead sea of Israel‚ Athenians were already at the top of the Himalayas‚ metaphorically. In a nutshell‚ Athens was a superior state than Sparta because they had more focus on children’s education‚ which shows they had advanced and modern idea of education. They also had democratic government‚ which make a peaceful and stable society as every citizens of Athens were free in will and had equal
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Greece there were four forms of government that were practiced Monarchy’s‚ Aristocracy‚ Oligarchy and Direct Democracy. In Ancient Athens they had a direct democracy which allowed the citizens to participate in political decision making. In Ancient Sparta they had an oligarchy form of government in which the state was ruled by a small group of citizens who also controlled the military. <br> <br>The political system of ancient Athens was a democracy‚ which involved all of its citizens by giving them
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