CLCV 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hung Jury, Hoplite, Helots

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Classical Civilization
• Course: CLCV 1002
• Professor: Susan Downy

Document Summary

If caught whipped, punishment for slaves: system designed to create ideal hoplite? (no, secrecy, better than others etc, really instills obedience to the laws, makes ideal citizen. Spartan women: reputation about being loose women, exercise naked, also given public education, not as elaborate, always live at home, also given equal rations of food to male children. Judicial powers, influence in legislation (not create), financial determine what gets funding: admin/deliberative power, apella (cid:862)the su(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374)i(cid:374)g(cid:863) (cid:894)asse(cid:373)(cid:271)ly(cid:895, all citizen spartan males over 30, meets 12 times a year with new moon, place where all pop. J=impose the laws: usually judge courts about inheritance, financial, right to raise taxes, revenues, allocate spending, biggest expense is always warfare, religious, politicians are also religious leaders. Admiration of spartans: greeks admired political system (aristotle and plato, ancient romans too, and modern modeled on this, 3 reasons why, conservatism-> ancestral custom, clung to handed down traditions, communism-> public good, good of community as a whole.