Sparta is my favorite of the two cities in my report because in my opinion they were the most interesting. The education system, the government, their way of life, all revolved around war.

There is a story about a Spartan boy who stole a fox. In order to hide the fox he hid it under his cloak and let it gnaw at him rather than get caught, so he died of the wounds. If he had been caught, he wouldn’t get in trouble for stealing it, but for allowing it to be found.

This is a good illustration of how their education worked, to produce perfect, brave, and willing soldiers.

There were three main social classes in ancient Sparta. They were the Spartiates, the Periokoi, and the Helots.

Spartiate is the term used for Spartan citizens who has gone through their military training. They were eligible to be kings and they were part of the assembly. These guys were tougher than tough. You’ll see why when I explain a Spa

They learned reading and writing for basic needs, but all the rest of their education was to make them well disciplined and steadfast in hardship and victorious in battle. For this reason, as boys grew older, the Spartans intensified their training; cutting their hair short and making them used to walking barefoot.

Education was highly valued in Athens. The schools taught reading, writing, grammar, poetry, music, and gymnastics. Poetry, like Homer’s famous Iliad and Odyssey, was learned by heart. And this was only in elementary!

Well, there’s my report on Sparta and Athens. I like Sparta better and they also kicked Athens's rumparoo in the Peloponnesian War. But Athens contributed greatly to the society in which we live today. I learned lots from this report and found out that these two city-states were a lot more interesting than they seemed.

The smallest offences were punishable by whipping, and food was rationed very well, so that the boys were forced to steal to get more. The packs of boys were matched against each other in violent games with a ball and in fights. As they approached the age of twenty, and manhood, the training grew more and more severe. One test was the Krypteia, or “period of hiding“, during which the boy had to live alone and under cover in the countryside.

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