CLA2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Peloponnesian League, Spartan Hegemony, Helots

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA2102
• Professor: John Serrati

Document Summary

Classical sparta (520-465 bc) early history: sparta = the state; lakonia = se region of sparta; lakedaimonia = the police (region), dorian settlement of lakonia (1000-900); this settlement includes three tribes (slide). However, the spartans were not constantly watching over the helots; they only came to collect once every so often (reference to a bug"s. Life the ants are the helots, the grasshoppers are the spartans): revolt of the parthenai (706): the parthenai are the people born of virgin births , which means they have no father. ): legendary and perhaps mythical spartan lawgiver to the spartans, he is the one who initially created their culture/law. Messenian war (668-657); struggle for spartan hegemony (580-550): peloponnesian league (556-336): sparta, korinth, thebes, agoge: course of public education in sparta educated the youth to obedience. This is the process in which the young boys become spartan warriors.