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A Level Ancient History -- Sparta
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Children were raised to be unafraid and not fussy
Plutarch Lycurgus 16-18
Men’s relationships with their wives — marry at peak fitness and select younger men for impregnation
Xenophon CoS 1-4
Strapping babies
Xenophon CoS 1-4; 9
Women’s exercise — wrestling, squat jumps, running, discus and javelin
Xenophon CoS 1-4, Plutarch Lycurgus 14, Aristophanes Lysistrita, Bronze figurine of a woman
Lyric poetry as promotion of bravery and condemnation of cowards
Plutarch Lycurgus 21-22, Tyrtaeus
Music as an organisation in wartime
Plutarch Lycurgus 21-22
Women’s dance
Plutarch Lycurgus 14, Aristophanes Lysistrita, Alcman, Bronze figurine of a woman
Exclusion of cowards
Xenophon CoS 9, Plutarch Lycurgus 21-22, Tyrtaeus
Exclusion of unmarried
Plutarch Lycurgus 15
Restraint in alcohol in the ssysitia
Sayings of the Spartans — Gorgo, Kritias Governance of the Spartans
Relationships — intermittent abstinence
Xenophon CoS 1-4
Endurance — evil DofE
Plato Laws
Endurance — lack of luxuries like food and bedding
Plutarch Lycurgus 16-18, Xenophon CoS 9, Plato Laws
Endurance of violence — learn through violence, fight to death
Pausanias Description of Greece, Herodotus Histories book 7
Women’s role in religious practices — singing and dancing in festivals
Alcman, Plutarch Lycurgus 14
Corporal punishment by paidonomos and any citizens
Xenophon CoS 9
Evil cheerleaders
Plutarch Lycurgus 14
Competitiveness — team games and given rivalries
Pausanias Description of Greece, Xenophon CoS 9
Women’s exercise as competitive
Alcman, Xenophon CoS 1-4