CLA 1101 Lecture 12: outline12.doc

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 1101
• Professor: Heather Loube

Document Summary

(xi) pronounced ksee, is for xenophon (soldier, third great greek historian, how to books (manuals), pupil of socrates) Alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi. Taygetos: sparta had no monumental buildings and houses were made of wood, sparta grew by conquest. Social classes: spartiates, perioikoi, helots: citizens: spartiates (all spartan male citizens, original people from the 5 villages, full time warriors, all had one vote, allocated land by state, minority (about 6% of population, non citizens, perioikoi (neighbors) Result of early expansion of spartan state. Could not be bought or sold by owners. Formed majority of population: helots (slaves) Spartiates viewed them as animals and were allowed to secretly hunt them down and kill them: (females) Spartan influence: sparta and nazi germany, agoge = hitler youth, role of women, messenia = lebensraum (invasion of poland, nazi said they needed more space to live, dorian superiority = aryanism, militarism.