CLST 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Pederasty, Greco-Persian Wars, Gerousia

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 200
• Professor: George Bevan

Document Summary

Determined to preserve overwhelming military advantage over helots, spartans were only greek men whose life work was military service. Laconia = territory of sparta: laconian = spartan. In state of perpetual war against helots, so they were always ready to engage in acts of offense or defense. Shadowy and probably mythical figure called lycurgus was given credit for refashioning. Spartan system, in statement called the great rhetra. Tate e(cid:454)e(cid:396)ted itself at e(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455) stage i(cid:374) pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s life, right from beginning so it (cid:449)as a (cid:862)total state(cid:863) Male infants were inspected for viability upon birth and those deficient were abandoned near mount taygetus. Pe(cid:396)ioikoi = to(cid:449)(cid:374)s a(cid:396)ou(cid:374)d pa(cid:396)ta i(cid:374) pelopo(cid:374)(cid:374)esus a(cid:374)d did(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:373)ilita(cid:396)(cid:455: these guys delivered crafts to spartans because the spartans were only military so absolutely no farming or crafts. The (cid:862)agoge(cid:863): a pa(cid:396)ta(cid:374) edu(cid:272)atio(cid:374) (cid:894)(cid:455)ou do(cid:374)"t see this i(cid:374) a(cid:374)(cid:455) othe(cid:396) type of culture)