1. Tuesday, September 9th Looking at Athens/Sparta Finishing worksheets
Notes
Activity
ASU won! 

2. Warm Up: What was the Spartan training like?
What kind of geography did Greece have?

3. Athens & Sparta: A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Wars 3

4. Polis: The Center of Greek Life
The polis or city-state was the central focus of Greek life.
A strong identity and loyalty
kept the city-states divided

5. Different Values Athenian Values Spartan Values Individuality Strength
Beauty
Freedom
Spartan Values
Strength
Duty
Discipline

6. Athens
A city of the Wise

7. Athens
Where:
City located on southern portion of the Greek peninsula, not on the Peloponnesus
Known For:
A city run by thinkers and known for both its military might and wisdom in government and battle
Named After: named after Athena, goddess of wisdom in battle and counsel

8. Art & Beauty Values art and beauty above all
Sculptures, buildings, keeping oneself beautiful very important
Art: culture, sculpture, paintings, vases, poetry, theater- ALL very important

9. Ancient Greek Map

10. Government
New, democratic ideas emerge from Athenian culture and society:
Direct Democracy: Citizens elect their representatives
Public Debate: Becomes an art in Athens to discuss and argue specifics of government
Duties of the Citizen: All citizens have responsibilities such as voting, participating in the government process

11. Practiced throughout Greece and in Athens
Slavery
Practiced throughout Greece and in Athens
Slaves usually barbarians (non-Greeks), typically captured in war.
Others were born slaves or their free parents sold them into slavery for money.

12. Sparta
The Warrior State

13. WE ARE SPARTA!!!!!

14. Sparta Video I

15. Sparta
It was here:
SPARTA

17. Sparta- A City of Warriors
Focused on: war and building up strength to fight
Why strict laws: An early slave revolt causes the Spartans to create strict laws that demanded public allegiance to the state.
No artistic culture; only war skills

18. Sparta part II

19. Sparta- Rise of the Oligarchy
olig (few or little in Greek)
arche (rule)
Rule by a few
the city-state was controlled by a king or by an oligarchy
Citizens are not encouraged to speak freely, the few who rule were usually powerful military leaders.

20. How they ruled Not allowed to Travel Outsiders not welcome
Discouraged from studying philosophy, literature, or arts.
Studied Art of War

21. Culture Went towards developing and fielding a strong army
Sparta was a military culture
Went towards developing and fielding a strong army
Children were taught at home until they were seven
At Seven, began their training
Exercises for them and all ages were always in the nude.
At 13, they were dropped off in the woods in groups with nothing…had to survive (without theft)

22. Plutarch, Greek Biographer
“The women did not bathe the babies with water, but with wine, making it a sort of test of their strength. For they say that the epileptic and sickly ones lose control and go into convulsions, but the healthy ones are rather toughened like steel and strengthened in their physique. The nurses displayed care and skill: they did not use swaddling-bands, making the babies free in their limbs and bodies. They also made them sensible and not fussy about their food, not afraid of the dark or frightened of being left alone, not inclined to unpleasant awkwardness or whining. So even some foreigners acquired Spartan nurses for their children.”
on Spartans

23. Plutarch on Spartans
"They learned reading and writing for basic needs, but all the rest of their education was to make them well-disciplined and steadfast in hardship and victorious in battle. For this reason, as boys grew older, the Spartans intensified their training, cutting their hair short and making them used to walking barefoot and for the most part playing naked. When the boys reached the age of twelve, they no longer had tunics to wear, but got one cloak a year. Their bodies were tough and unused to baths and lotions. They enjoyed such luxury only a few special days a year. They slept, in packs, on beds which they got together on their own, made from the tops of the rushes to be found by the river Eurotas. These they broke off with their bare hands, not using knives."

24. Military Men married at the age of 20
Had to live in barracks for ten years
If they wanted to see their wives, they had to escape
At the age of 30, men could finally move home and were full citizens
Still ate every meal in the military dining hall
Food was sparse and plain

25. Military Service and Children
Spartan mother to her son as he goes off to war:
“Return with your shield, or on it.”
To help ensure the physical superiority of their people, babies were bathed in wine shortly after birth.
If they survived, they were taken to elders.
If the elders deemed the baby unfit, it was left exposed to die on a hillside (other city-states practiced exposure).
Military Service and Children

26. Women Learned reading/writing
Girls given similar harsh physical training as the boys
Received same amount/quality of food as boys
Could own/control property and
Could overtake husband’s property while he war.
Expected to defend it too and to put down revolts.
Not rushed into bearing children.
Husbands also allowed other men to bed their wives and produce children.
May have practiced polyandry.

27. Sparta
history/sparta

28. Comparing/Contrasting Athens and Sparta