Social structure and geography
Who was the Spartan lawgiver?
Lycurgus
At what age at which Spartan males joined the agoge?
7
Who was the god of eathquakes?
Posiedon
The number of kings in Sparta.
What is 2?
The Spartans used this instead of currency.
What are iron bars?
Eurotas was the name of which two natural features?
The river and valley of Sparta
Name three methods for controlling the helots.
Military, syssitia, krypteia
The local goddess that was connected to Artemis.
Who is Orthia?
How often were the ephors elected?
Annually
The individuals responsible for trade.
Who are the perioikoi?
Name the 3 mountains that provided natural protection for Sparta
Taygetus, Parnon and Arcadian
Describe the phalanx formation.
Shoulder to shoulder, interlocking shields, spear.
Who received gravestones?
Men who died in battle and women who died in childbirth.
The qualifications for membership of the gerouisa.
What is aged over 60, had completed period of military service and led a respectable life?
The amount of Sparta's land Aristotle said women had control of.
What is 2/5?
The helots were an enslaved population from where?
Messenia
Which ritual took place at the Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia? (Greek name, English description)
Diamastigosis - cheese stealing while being while being whipped by older boys.
Describe the significance of ONE Spartan festival.
The Karneia involved a mock hunt and was designed to celebrate the warrior spirit and military life.
Festivals were primarily dedicated to the gods, with Apollo being a central figure. The Hyakinthia, for example, was a festival dedicated to the memory of Apollo's lover, Hyacinthus.
The Gymnopaedia, acted as a rite of passage for young men, initiating them into a life of physical excellence and preparing them for military service.
The ephors did this every month.
What is swore an oath to not disturb the monarchy so long as the king's oath to rule in accordance with the law was maintained?
Main exports of Sparta (5).
What is wool, wine, oil, bronze and pottery?
Name 3 of the groups of inferiors.
Any of: Tresentes, Partheniai, Neodamodes, Hypomeiones, Mothaces
At this age Spartiates became frontline soldiers.
What is 23?
Describe the myth of the Dioscuri. Who were their parents?
Twin - Castor and Pollux- sons of mortal Leda and Zeus (who seduced her in the form of a swan).
Explain the role of the ekklesia.
Elected the ephors and gerousia, voted by acclamation.
The kleros needed to provide these 4 things.
What is support a Spartan citizen and his family, provide for a Spartiate’s continuing contribution to his syssition, provide a surplus so that the state had the income to pay for armour and equipment made by the perioikoi and support the helots and their families?