Social/Political Structure
This group of state-owned serfs worked the land and supported Spartan citizens.
Who are the Helots?
This group of free non-citizens handled most of Sparta’s trade and craftsmanship.
Who are the Periokoi?
This chief Greek god was especially important to Spartans, who often sought his guidance through oracles.
Who is Apollo?
Women would shave their heads before this cultural activity.
What is marriage?
You have caught the Karneia ram and brought luck to the polis.
Gain an extra 100 points.
This council of elders, made up of men over 60, helped shape Spartan policy.
What is the Gerousia?
Farmland allegedly allotted to Spartan citizens, worked by helots.
What is a Kleros?
The Gemini twins that emphasise the value of brotherhood in Sparta.
Who are the Dioscuri?
Who are Castor and Pollux
This activity was seen as an important cultural activity, which also provided food and training for war.
What is hunting?
Poseidon is unhappy and an earthquake has scattered your iron bars.
Lose 200 points.
The ability to "veto" legislation made by the Ekklesia came from what document?
What is the Rider to the Rhetra?
Failure to contribute agricultural produce from one’s land could result in exclusion from this key social-economic institution.
What are the Syssitia?
Sparta delayed military action at the start of the Peloponnesian War due to obligations tied to this religious festival.
What is the Karneia?
This poet, whose works celebrated discipline and courage in battle, is strongly associated with Spartan culture.
Who is Tyrtaeus?
Congratulations! You have finished top on your class in the Agoge.
For the next round the person who chose this category is the only person in this team who can speak. If anyone else in the team speaks the group will lose 200 points. This person also has the power to silence another player from an opposing team for 1 round.
DAILY DOUBLE!
The two bloodlines that make up the royal family.
Who are the Agiads and Eurypontids?
Sparta discouraged the use of precious metals and instead promoted this impractical form of currency.
What are pelanors?
This concept, meaning proper respect for the gods, was central to Spartan religious and social behavior.
What is piety?
All Spartans learned these two skills in order to strengthen social cohesion and the ability to work together in battle.
What is singing and dancing?
You have master the Phalanx maneuver!
Receive 1 shield to be used for the remainder of the game. This must be activated BEFORE you answer a question. This will allow you to ignore HALF of a point deduction.
A young man around 20 years old who served as an instructor and mentor for young boys in the Agoge
What is an eiren?
Whilst discussing the decline of Spartan society, this historian states "nearly two-fifths of the whole country are held by women; this is owing to the number of heiresses and to the large dowries which are customary".
Who is Aristotle?
The patron deity of Sparta.
Trick question, Sparta did not have a patron. It worshiped many deities without exclusivity.
Many finds of these objects, particularly at religious sanctuaries, question the idea of Spartan frugality, especially with Spartan women.
What are:
Perfume bottles
Jewellery
You have been caught as a coward in battle and stripped to inferior status.
Teacher chooses two students who will swap teams.