Clas 2215 | Assignment 1 | How does the portrayal of the Spartans in Herodotus’ account of the Battle of Thermopylae relate to the ‘Spartan Mirage’? | | Mohammed Hasan B00524306 | 2/14/2013 | To fully understand how Herodotus portrays the Spartans in the battle of Thermopylae with relation to the ‘Spartan Mirage’‚ we must first completely understand what the ‘Spartan Mirage’ means. Spartans were known to be the military power of Greece; their sole purpose was towards military strength
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Blair Ault Communications Applications Spartans v. Athens The Spartans and Athens had a really different life than each other. The Spartans treated their women equally to men. The Spartan women had almost the same right that Spartan men had. “Spartan women had the right to vote just like man had the right also.”(CITATION) Women were allowed to vote the same as the man were allowed to vote. They had more freedom then the Athen women. The Athens would treat their women unequally compare to
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When babies were born in Sparta‚ Spartan soldiers would come by the house to examine them. If the baby did not look healthy‚ it was taken away and left to die or trained as a slave. If the baby was healthy‚ it was assigned membership in a brotherhood or sisterhood. The boys in Sparta were sent to military camps of their brotherhood when they turned 7. They learned how to read and write until they were about 14. The Spartan government wanted to make the boys tough. To do this they were given little
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regiments and social structure of the Spartans were geared towards building the strongest men and nation physically‚ but without the artistic and political training‚ the warriors or Sparta were unable to bring the Grecian empire together. History remembers so much from the philosophy teachings of Socrates and the Athenian paintings‚ dishes‚ and sculptures‚ but little is remembered about the other superpower in Greece and of the warriors of Sparta. THE SPARTAN WARRIORS In society today the term
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The Life of A Solider in the Spartan Military Mark DeAngelis History 101 November 21‚ 2011 1 Thesis: When looking throughout history military has been noted as the strong point in a civilization‚ the Spartan way of life was based off their vigorous training methods‚ and ruthless fighting tactics. I. Birth of the Spartan male child A.) Discuss deformities if they had any 1.) What they were caused by‚ certain plagues‚ spreading diseases‚ unsanitary reasons. a.) What they did with
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Sparta had a Political organisation unlike many other Greek states at that time that drew upon elements of all types of Government structures. The Spartan constitution contained elements of monarchy‚ oligarchy and democracy and was described by ancient writers as a mixed constitution. The four elements were made by the two kings (monarchical)‚ Gerousia (oligarchic)‚ the Five Ephors (limited Democratic) and the Ekklesia (democratic). This system all came about from the work of the law-giver named
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