CLAB05H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Medimnos, Peisistratos, Peloponnesian League
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Kings, the council of elders, the council of ephors ( overseers ) and the. Greatest honor in sparta = being an elder. Political power was in the hands of tiny elite. For a while, spartan was the greatest military power in greece. Peloponnesian league = a spartan alliance that is named by modern historians. The alliance swore to share the same friends and enemies + to follow spartans. Hence no greek state dared challenge sparta directly. Both athenians + spartans defined citizens + equal differently. Both sparta and athens = more mouth to feed. First step for failing farmers = ask relative, friends, neighbors for help. Instead of going someone equally poor, someone richer may ask for land etc, until payment is made. Sparta maintained cohesion + reorganized society and their triumphant hoplite army. Athen"s ruling elite = eupatridai ( well-born ones ) fell apart.
