Information about spartans, and spartan priest?

Question

whoever says the most helpful amount wins

Answer 1

Spartan children were actually discarded if they seemed puny or deformed. At age 7, all Spartan boys began a training ritual called the Agoge, which lasted ultimately until the age of 20. Then, all Spartan men got conscripted into the army, and stayed in until the age of around 30, then they could choose to be another profession, marry, and carry on the blood line.

Women were very well treated in Sparta compared to the times. Sparta was just about the only Greek city-state where the women could walk and talk among men, and were educated, and were not forced into marriage in their teens. Spartan women usually married in their early to mid 20s. When another Greek asked Queen Gorgo (wife of Leonidas I) why women are free to walk and talk among men, she responded "Because only Spartan women give birth to real men."

Sparta had a dual King monarchy, with a senate that passed the laws and policed the Kings so they doesn't take too much power.

Although they advocated freedom and liberty, they also were heavy on slaves, usually prisoners of war that were sold to land-owning citizens as property. These slaves, however, were pretty well treated, comparatively.


It doesn't have much on the religion of Sparta, but here is a website with a lot of good info on Sparta.

Answer 2

Spartan and Athens were the most different cities in the world. Sparta was a militaristic society, with no love for arts and the like. Children were bred to be warriors, women were for having children, and boys were sent to military school at a very young age. Unsatisfactory children were left to die on the mountain.

At this school kids were often bullied and beaten by their pupils, and were encouraged to do it by the teachers. They were taught to steal without being caught, to be superb fighters, and above all never show pain. For a manhood ceremony, the boys were whipped on the backs until blood ran down the temple floor. And throughout all of this they never revealed any pain.

This harsh and merciless program that Sparta established led to perhaps the most feared and powerful army of the ancient world. They were the terror of all the surrounding area, and the Spartan warcry brought fear shaking into even the hardiest of soldiers.

Perhaps Sparta's weakness was that it was opposed to change. When the Romans invaded Greece, the Spartans still used the age-old phalanx in battle, a tactic that they had used for centuries prior. The Romans knew how to defeat this formation and easily defeated the Spartans. Not long after, Sparta ceased to be a prominent power in the Aegean Sea.

Sparta may have won the Peleponessian Wars, but they weren't remembered as richly as her neighbour Athens, because beautiful Athenian architecture and art is what lasted throughout the ages, not the brutal regime of Sparta.

Answer 3

im just trying to give a few pieces of info
-ancient sparta was one of the only greek cities that did not have a wall around it because they were so confident in their army
-at the age of 7, males were taken from their parents to a bootcamp called the agoge and they were trained to steal, murder, raid, and do other things that would create the strongest yet most resourceful fighting force known to man at that time.
-soldiers were allowed to see their families once a year just so they could continue their bloodline.

Answer 4

This is a great book, try actually learning, not just looking for a handout.

http://www.amazon.com/Spartans-World-Warrior-Heroes-Ancient-Greece/dp/1400078857/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-6444352-7155359?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191012326&sr=8-1