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 Gerusia?
Sparta discouraged the use of precious metals and instead promoted this impractical form of currency.
What are iron bars?
The Gemini twins that emphasise the value of brotherhood in Sparta.
Who are the Dioscuri?
Hunting this creature was seen as a rite of passage for all Spartan men to complete.
What is a boar?
Poseidon is unhappy and an earthquake has scattered your iron bars.
Lose 200 points.
The ability for the Gerusia to "veto" decisions made by the Ekklesia.
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 2 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 the opposite team for 2 rounds.
DAILY DOUBLE!
The two bloodlines that make up the royal family.
Who are the Agiads and Eurypontids?
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?
This concept, meaning proper respect for the gods, was central to Spartan religious and social behavior.
What is piety?
The lakonian term for hunting grounds.
What is a therai?
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.
A young man around 20 years old who served as an instructor and mentor for young boys in the Agoge
What is an eiren?
A controversial legal provision which allowed Spartiate to leave a will to claim their kleroi after death.
What was the Rhetra of Epitadeus?
The patron deity of Sparta.
Trick question, Sparta did not have a patron. It worshiped many deities without exclusivity.
Discovered in France, this elaborate bronze sculpture is "the most impressive work of the archaic" - Fizthardinge.
What is the Vix Krater?
You have been caught as a coward in battle and stripped to inferior status.
Swap teams with another player.