Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Spartan Constitution, Helots, Peloponnese

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: David Lamari

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Primary source criticism: the spartan mirage: they settled upon the mind and the body coming together to make a soldier as excellence, the arts were not necessarily discouraged, but there was such an. Hercules, during the dark ages: they were in general very competitive and hardworking. Popular assembly: all the male citizens would get together and make decisions. Perioikoi, helots: if we go into war, you help and vice versa, helot: someone who was forced to work for sparta, typically farming, creating goods that would be given to the spartans. 1st messenian war (740-720: up until this point it was cultured, went to war with messenia and won, they made the messenians helots. Messenian revolt (c. 650: sparta was hit by an earthquake and the helots took advantage of this, they failed, after this, sparta undergoes a drastic change. Helots become serfs (someone who is obliged to work the land for their masters, and must surrender everything to the.