HIST 1001 Lecture : Hist Sept 18 Lecture
Document Summary
Terms from wednesday: pantheon, oracles, olympic games, elusinian mysteries, tyranny. Outnumbered spartans 10:1 by 6th century c bce. Military society developed to control threat of rebellion. Spartans conquered surrounding areas to feed their citizens and the slaves to. Barbarian is a term for people outside of the greek"s territories. Greeks thought their culture was better than the surrounding cultures. Both parents must be greek citizens for children to be considered citizens. Boys removed from families at age seven. Manhood rite at twelve, must survive for several days on their own, theft happened a lot. Marriage, but no home life until after age 30. Women train in athletics and combat, encourage men in military prowess. Some relaxation of discipline by 4th century c. bce. Military very important to spartans because they are a small people controlling lots of surrounding areas, producing strong children is designation of spartan society. 9 archons (leaders of government), serve one-year terms.
