POL 2107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cephalus, Gerousia, Ephor
14 Dec 2016
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Athens could only be attacked by sparta by sea . Desire of vengeance as the war went on. The greeks themselves no longer hung their shields for honour- they didn"t think they were ghting for a good cause anymore. Entire cities were killed off- men died and women and children were sold into slavery. Corcyra/ corfu- went through a civil war- Thucysides - religion came to lose its restraining power- Traditionally, ghting for the grekks was controlled- citizens would ght as a hoplite- everyone was expected to ght for their city state. Phalanx- heavily armed and fought 2-3 rows deep. Sparta was not democratic- spartans referred to their territory as laconia . 2 types of people: perioiki (who were personally free- they traded for what the spartans needed)- completely devoted themselves to military training- this is what gave sparta the best army) and then the slaves.
