“Spartan policy was always mainly governed by the necessity of taking precautions against the helots.” (Thucydides; History of the Peloponnesian War). Since birth‚ Spartan men and women were inculcated with a mentality developed from the necessity to comply with a militaristic way of life. This society indeed grew out of a symbiotic tension with the vast population of Spartan helots. Men were taught‚ through the agoge (education system) harsh training and self reliance that would later be necessary
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Spartans and Special Forces; Who’s the toughest? Origins of Western Culture‚ HUM 101 The Spartans were the Special Forces (SF) of their time. Now we have Delta Force‚ Navy SEALS‚ Green Berets‚ Marine Force RECON and Army Rangers. All are small elite groups of warriors trained to kill. How many of today’s warriors would equal one Spartan? Given the vast differences in technology and the way that battles are fought‚ who would come out on top? Spartan warriors are taken from their
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Using appropriate sources‚ DESCRIBE the role of women in the Spartan society. (10 Marks) Spartan Women played a huge role in a society that was famous for its military power. These women were no where near the same as any other Greek woman. In no other city or state were women so well incorporated into society. In no other city or state did women receive as many privileges‚ as much freedom or hold the same economic power and influence‚ if any‚ as the Spartiate women. Women were very much freed
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strong can call themselves Spartans. They did what they were trained‚ born‚ and bred to do. High honour to die in battle.) He really value his culture‚ and the way he lived‚ spoke‚ and acted was a reflection of his culture. His culture influenced his character. Honesty‚ He tells it like it is. Told the Persian messenger that even he would be accountable for his words. Even though the hunchback guy (I didn’t get his name) showed a passion and pride for being a Spartan‚ the king had to deny him for
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involved not only in government matters but also in matters of justice‚ as there was no separation of powers in ancient Athens. <br> <br>Unlike the Athenian government the Spartans didn’t use tyranny or any form Athenian democracy. Sparta did not like the way tyranny worked so they produced a different form of government. The Spartans formed a very complex government mixing democracy and oligarchy‚ and this form of government was a model for other poleis. The government was made up of three parts ruling
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So far this year the only Spartan Super I ran was in Canada‚ so I was looking forward to this one and a chance to see many good New England friends. I spent the early AM on Saturday racing on Randall’s Island‚ NY and then drove over 170 miles to the Massachusetts venue to race the Super on the same day. • Registration and Festival: I arrived very late on Saturday so no one was waiting on lines at registration and it went fast and smooth. Sunday morning‚ I was at registration at about 8am and
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Battle of the Last 300 Spartans (Battle of Thermopylae thər-mop-i-lee[->0]) The battle was fought around August 7th or September 8th‚ in the year of 490 B.C. It was fought by the alliance of the Greek city-states under the power of King Leonidas of the Spartans and the Persian Empire Xerxes. A force of 7‚300 Greek men marched to guard the passage of Thermopylae. King Leonidas heard that a force of Persian troops were marching to take the passage‚ which was vital to the Greeks. The passage
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Before the war‚ I was a wealthy landowner with several prosperous farms in Attica and many slaves. The war destroyed me. The Spartans made sure my efforts to maintain my farm would never come to fruition. My olive trees‚ which took nearly a decade to grow‚ were left in ruins after the Spartans received word of the existence of my farmland. My slaves ran off. My debts were rising at alarming rates and I lost pieces of property one after another. The women who
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WHAT IS SLIP CASTING? Slip casting is a process of creating ceramic forms by casting liquid clay (slip) into plaster molds. This process is most useful when you want to make multiples of a form. The molds enable you to create identical copies. ----------------- In the classroom‚ slip cast multiples can be used to…. -create multiples of a student’s ceramic artwork (for gift giving or a new sculpture of multiples) -create identical starting forms that students will manipulate to
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Lost Wax Casting The lost wax casting system was an ancient Egyptian invention that impacted the global art of sculpture for dynasties to come. The Zoa dynasty of China adopted the Egyptian style and called it the piece-mold system. Today‚ a process not unlike the original Egyptian style is used in the casting of art and industrial tools using a ceramic shell. Lost wax casting begins with a hollowed hard clay base core. The base core is then covered with beeswax. The artisan would then carve
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