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It is in Sparta, the most flourishing city of the 8th and 7th centuries BC, that one sees to best advantage the richness and complexity of this archaic culture. Education was carried to a high level of artistic refinement, as evidenced by the events organized within the framework of the city's religious festivals. The young men and women engaged in processions, dances, and…

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>	Sparta from the education article It is in Sparta, the most flourishing city of the 8th and 7th centuries BC, that one sees to best advantage the richness and complexity of this archaic culture. Education was carried to a high level of artistic refinement, as evidenced by the events organized within the framework of the city's religious festivals. The young men and women engaged in processions, dances, ...
>	Sparta's role from the ancient Greek civilization article Sparta came as a liberator. This too called for money and ships, but the Spartans had neither accumulated reserves like Athens nor a proper fleet. Persia was a possible source for both, but assistance from Persia might compromise Spartan “liberation theology.” This was especially true if Sparta set foot in Anatolia, where there were Greeks with as much desire for ...
>	Background and education. from the Pericles article Knowledge of the life of Pericles derives largely from two sources. The historian Thucydides admired him profoundly and refused to criticize him. His account suffers from the fact that, 40 years younger, he had no firsthand knowledge of Pericles' early career; it suffers also from his approach, which concentrates exclusively on Pericles' intellectual capacity and his war ...
>	Background of the trial from the Socrates article The trial of Socrates in 399 BC occurred soon after Athens's defeat at the hands of Sparta in the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC). Not only were Sparta and Athens military rivals during those years, they also had radically different forms of government. Athens was a democracy: all its adult male citizens were members of the Assembly; many of the city's offices were filled ...
>	Epaminondas Theban statesman and military tactician and leader who was largely responsible for breaking the military dominance of Sparta and for altering permanently the balance of power among the Greek states. He defeated a Spartan army at Leutra (371 BC) and led successful expeditions into the Peloponnese (370–369, 369–368, 367, and 362), being killed in battle during the last of ...
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7 Student Encyclopedia Britannica articles, specially written for elementary and high school students
	Sparta In ancient Greece, the great rival of Athens was Sparta. The city-state and its surrounding territory were located on the Peloponnesus, a peninsula southwest of Athens. Sparta (also called Lacedaemon) was the capital of the district of Laconia.
	Sparta from the education article The boys of Sparta were obliged to leave home at the age of 7 to join sternly disciplined groups under the supervision of a hierarchy of officers. From age 7 to 18, they underwent an increasingly severe course of training. They walked barefoot, slept on hard beds, and worked at gymnastics and other physical activities such as running, jumping, javelin and discus throwing, ...
	Ancient Greece from the education article The goal of education in the Greek city-states was to prepare the child for adult activities as a citizen. With this wider aim, a larger portion of the population was formally educated than was in the earlier societies discussed above. The nature of the city-states varied greatly, and this was also true of the education they considered appropriate. The goal of education ...
	Lycurgus The legendary lawgiver of the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta was Lycurgus. Nothing is known of him except the traditions that have been handed down about him. Supposedly he lived in the 9th century BC, though many scholars doubt he ever lived at all. The Spartans said that he gave them their laws and institutions. He is credited with having organized Sparta as a ...
	The End of the Greek City-States from the ANCIENT GREECE article Sparta tried to maintain its supremacy by keeping garrisons in many of the Greek cities. This custom, together with Sparta's hatred of democracy, made its domination unpopular. At the battle of Leuctra, in 371 BC, the Thebans under their gifted commander Epaminondas put an end to the power of Sparta. Theban leadership was short-lived, however, for it depended on the skill ...
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