This stage in their lives was the beginning of a life in the Spartan military. When all of the seven year olds were taken into the streets, they were whipped and beaten. Like hangings in the early years of the United States, these beatings were an event that everybody would come to watch. The seven year olds being beaten in the streets was a tradition like no other, and it was considered a test, a test to see how well the new class of soldiers can block out pain. "Strength was more important than education in Sparta (Wroble 9)." It was also an easy way to see who would be the strongest by which child would be the last to beg for the solders to stop beating him. Although it seems strange to current civilizations, it was tradition in Sparta, in seven years of a Spartan boy's life; they will have only faced two challenges. In the long run, it will make him the deadliest warrior in the world.
After the Spartan boys are beaten in front of the citizens of Sparta, only more challenges await them. Once the public beaten is over they will be taken to a very unique military school, the barracks of Sparta, where boys become soldiers of Sparta. Here they will learn many skills to help them survive, and defend Sparta when the time comes. To begin their long years in the training camp, the older boys in the barracks would beat the new recruits. This was to toughen them up before they would start their harder training (History.co.). A long road to become the elite warrior they were born to be.
In the barracks the boys were taught discipline. Discipline is key to the Spartan battle tactics because Spartans fight as one. A good example of this tactic is the battle of Thermopylae. King Leonidas of Sparta, with only three hundred soldiers, went head to head with Xerxes, with over one hundred thousand Persian soldiers. Although they were outnumbered, the three hundred Spartan held their ground. Although all of the Spartan soldiers were wiped out that day, Sparta won the battle.
Sparta Sparta is my favorite of the two cities in my report because in my opinion they were the most interesting. ... There is a story about a Spartan boy who stole a fox. ... Social Classes At the top were the citizens, the Athenian-born men. ... The metics were people born outside of Athens. ... At the age of 18, a boy went through a year of military training. ...
In order to build a strong military, the elders would inspect new born babies, within 24 hours of birth. ... Men were praised for raping women but were not supposed to have children outside of wedlock for the fear that their child would be born with deformities. ... When a child was born the elders would inspect the child. ... They had no physical science to back up that killing off an infant that was born small would not be strong enough to fight for Sparta or reproduce a healthy child later on in life. Many children that are born small still grow into healthy children. ...
Sparta was a city-state of Ancient Greece. ... It told about what a Spartan boy had to go through science he was born. The Judgment of if a boy is fit to live or if not then to be left to die. ... Leonidas on the third day told a Spartan to go back to Sparta to tell them. ... In both, it showed that a Spartan boy's training was harsh ad long. ...
Sparta liked to rule using military rules. ... In general, the social class was as follows: Men born in the city-state were the highest in status as opposed to men not born in the city-state, then came women, and finally slaves. ... The main differences were between Sparta and Athens. ... Sparta and Athens were long-time rivals of one another. ... Sparta became provoked because of Athenians" showing off their power. ...
For example after Polynikes breaks Alexandros nose and induces what appears to be asthma to the boy, Dienekes tries to teach the boy to control his fear so he doesn't suffer from attacks due to the asthma becase Alexandros only had spells of it when he was subjected to fear. ... Rooster wife Harmonia bore two children the youngest an infant boy. ... Dekton would be cut loose from Sparta for him to go over to the Persians where they would kill him if confronted in battle. ...
Telemachus, the son of Odysseus and Penelope, was born short before the outbreak of the Trojan War. ... Taking the advice that Athena gave to him, he sailed to Pylos and Sparta, to find out, by meeting Nestor and Menelaus, whether he could learn about his father, or by chance pick up a truthful rumor from the gods. ... These items also contain one of the main theme of the epic: A boy must struggle to become a man. ...
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Her husband named the baby Iphis, and the child was raised as a boy. ... Telethusa and her daughter prayed to Isis to help them, and the girl was turned into a boy. ... Book 10: Ganymede Orpheus sang the story of Ganymede, a mortal boy who'd caught Jove's eye. Jove turned himself into an eagle and kidnapped the boy. ... As Sparta loved Hyacinth, Cyprus hated the Propoetides and Crestae. ...
But they greatly trembled and feared, and none, not even the richest of them, dared receive Phoebus, until queenly Leto set foot on Delos. " The two deities were born on two separate floating islands, Artemis on Ortygia and Apollo on Detos. Artemis was born first, and shortly after her birth, assisted her mother in Apollo's birth. Once Apollo was born, Detos and Ortygia, once floating and sinking islands became permanently anchored in place, and soon became some of the richest and most celebrated religious shrines in Greek civilization. ... Apollo loved boys as well as girls, and took a ...
