CLST 200 Lecture 9: Clst 200 lecture 9.docx
16 Oct 2013
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1 poet wrote about them: military minded, tough, trained in the army from a young age (7 or so) until age 18. Then between 18 and 30 they could marry but would not live with their wives until age 30: spartan marriage: We only have outside history of sparta. Written during the 5th century: rome idealized sparta, location. Spartans were dorian in origin (from late bronze age / early dark age. They claimed they were called sons of heracles . Heracles replaces dynasties (he replaced the one at sparta: tyndarious heracles friend who was the father of helen. They were in charge of lakonia: enslaved the population and called them helots, helo to take or capture. One called amyklai: procession of citizens there each year for apollo, celebrated in this 5th village. Karneia festival agricultural with a military aspect: also a fest to apollo. Spartans did not serve in the military while celebrating.
