Greek Social Structure

The spartans only accepted babies that were strong. If the baby was weak they would leave it to die one Mount Taygetus. They would begin at the age of seven for training. The selection of spartan warriors began before birth. They would send boys at the age of seven to military boarding school.

The training for the Spartan military began at a very young age, five years old to be precise. This is when the young male was

Spartans military was a hard core and well rounded out military in its time. Part of the reason why they were so successful is because of their rigorous training each boy had to go through. Why I said boy is because the Spartan military training would start at age 7 for a chosen boy. The boy gets chosen to live in spartan society at birth. If the Spartans did not believe that the boy would be rounded out for their society they would leave the boy to die. During the boys training hazing and fighting was encouraged to help improve strength among the boys. During spartan training each boy was mainly taught mathematics, music, and how to fight. Also during their training, they would learn how to steal but without getting caught. If they were caught they would not be punished for stealing but only for getting caught. This type of training continues until the boys would become men. Which is at the age of 20 for the Spartan's. At age 20 Spartan men would have to pass a series of demanding

After an embarrassing defeat at the battle of Hysiai Sparta went through great military change, these changes dramatically changed all other areas of Spartan life, turning Sparta into a military focused state. This militaristic influence impacted greatly on Spartan education, essentially aiming to mass produce the perfect solider. The education and training of Spartan boys aged as young as 7 in the agoge became the crucial

Throughout my exploratory essay, I found that there are many different perspectives when it comes to Greek life. I as a member of Greek life myself, feel that the positive aspects outweigh the negative. There are many positive advantages that come from being a part of Greek life. There are an abundance of networking opportunities that come from Greek life along with all of the incredible friends that you make throughout the recruitment experience. One may also gain leadership skills from being a member of the executive council and having to lead their chapter on a day to day basis. Being a member of Greek life also pushes you to be more involved on campus as well as in the community. Each Greek organization has a philanthropy that they support

     Conformity, on a daily basis we conform to the social norms set forth before us by our friends, family and past experiences. Group cohesiveness (the desire to which one has to be in and is attracted to the group) greatly increases conformity. Enter Greek life.      

Hello, I’m Jason. Please view the following video clip. (Play 300 video clip). Many of you probably have seen the movie that this clip is from, 300. If not, though, it is about the Spartans famous stand against the Persian army with 300 Spartan soldiers. They held this position in a narrow pass for three days. The Persian army was estimated to have as many as 100,000 soldiers. This speech is about the Peloponessian War, Greeks vs. Spartans, not the Spartan stand at Thermopylae. At age seven every Spartan boy was removed from his family and put in military training. The boy was trained for 12 years and then went straight into the army. They were not fed often, taught to not cry and to conceal pain. They were whipped until they bled, and the ones that stood the longest were held in high regard. Families would encourage the boys not to pass out. As the boys got older, the training heightened. Wooden swords and untipped spears were included in their training in the early teens. Imagine growing up in this militaristic society and living near the Greeks who have a different idea of society from yours. Training for Greek boys was much different the Spartans, and their society was more democratic during this period. Greeks actually

The Spartan’s were a highly developed warrior based society. They came into the major military power through their highly developed military strategy. The men were required to be a part of the military if they were future citizens. The Spartans had a highly revered group of men, who decided if a child was weak or strong and if they would live to become a good asset to the country. When they decided if they were bad, they would kill all those insufficient. The strong boys were often bathed in wine and raised by their mothers until the age of seven, when they were placed in the agoge (Andrews, 2013). When they turned seven they were taken away and trained to kill.

A Spartan soldier was expected to serve Sparta until the age of sixty, but that was easier said than done. Spartan infants were inspected by an elder counsel called the Gerousia, ensuring physical ability and readiness to enter into Spartan societal training. The rigorous training period, called agoge, began at age seven for male children. Trainees were taught combat skills, survival skills, and stealth. Students were often pitted against each other, and failure or weakness were met with severe physical punishment, public shame, and even death. Agoge was not purely training for survival and combat. Spartiates were taught reading, writing, dancing, music, and social skills. All Spatiates, including women, had a strong code of honor, and devotion

When Spartan boys were babies they were looked over by The Council Of Elders to see if they were strong enough to be Warriors. At the age of 7, the boys had to leave home to start there military training. The boys were forced to fight each other (which could cause violence). They also became skilled at stealing food, and at other survival skills.

Greco-Roman mythology is rich in names, characters, and events. Dozens of gods, goddesses, and mortal women and men participate in a variety of activities that reflect or exemplify behaviors and power relations in Greek and Roman societies. A wealth of literature was written about the relationships between mortals and immortals in Greco-Roman mythology. Much was written and said about the place humans occupy in the complex mythical hierarchies. However, the role and place of women remain the topic of the hot literary debate. In Greco-Roman mythology, the image of woman is always

The role of women between both city-states also varied greatly, Spartan woman were viewed almost as equals to the Spartan men, and they were fairly well educated. They had freedom to go where they pleased within the town and were allowed to manage their own land. Although they were unable to vote they had a great deal of responsibilities. The Athenian women were secluded and stayed at home and viewed as property of their husbands rather than equals like Spartan woman. They were responsible for the domestic arts. Athenian woman were not taught to fight or defend their husbands property while they were away like the Spartan woman. Even the way their children were raised was completely opposite; in Athens boys attended school and the majority went on to be scholars and philosophers. Spartan boys were taken from their parents at the age of seven and trained to become great Spartan warriors although they received some education

War was a major aspect of the Ancient Greek’s way of life. City states like the Spartans based their entire lives around war and battle. War destroyed city states and created empires out of others. Although the methods of war are drastically different today than they were thousands of years ago. War still impacts the lives of people in Western Civilization through the same social, economic, cultural, and diplomatic factors as it did in Ancient Greece.

The Greeks social ranking system was very unfair. Only the males had any chance at being a leader. Females weren't allowed to do many things, they couldn't compete in the olympics, or have a chance at being a leader; however, they stayed at home most of the time cleaning and preparing food. The younger female (14-18) were sometimes used as sacrifice to the gods. When the Greeks needed water they would kill a teenage girl because they thought it would please their gods. They strongly believed that their gods were everything and they would do anything to protect them. When people died they would give them a proper burial no matter who it was. At the end of a day at war both tribes would stop and bury the dead and the next day go straight back

Throughout the course of time, different civilizations across the world hold one thing in common by which a society or culture can be based upon or help influence the structure. The one common thing that has help a civilization grow throughout the period of time would be the formation of a religion. Religion is a center point for many societies throughout history. As the center for the different civilizations, it helped form their different traditions and customs. The same could be said about the people of ancient Greece, where religion or mythology played an important role in their lives as it was the pedestal of their culture and how they base their lives upon. The formation of a religion across the large number of regions of Greece, help the different locations mold themselves by the customs that were created from the adaptation. During what was known as Ancient Greece, the people would hear tales of the twelve Olympians and how their actions influence the world around them. Within this period of time for the people of Greece was that of growth, as they sought to bring new ideas into light as they exited from a dark period within their own history.