... time and kleos. Time means that the winner of the fight would have the literally the tangible and physical tokens of Honor and the honor to being the best. Kleos is best know as fame, this fame is the reputation that one makes for himself to be known by. Agon was good for the Greek Society by uniting the City-States; even for a short while but still able to bring ... them together for small amounts of time. There are two main forms of this unity; one the Olympic games and second is the great wars from outside enemies (greek vs non greek). The Olympics was first started in 776 then every...

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... 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. When the boys reached the age of twelve, they no longer had tunics to wear, but got one cloak a year. Their bodies were tough and ... said, this is a lot like our democracy today, which is a representative democracy. The Athenians had a direct democracy, where the people had even more power than us in America. Education/Military Service Education was highly va...

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