Sparta Vs Athens

Not so much for the girls, but for the boys they actually had a good education in Athens. They taught all the boys many different subjects like reading, writing, speaking, music, citizenship, and P.E..Now for the girls in Athens, they were educated, just not exactly the same way that the boys were educated. What I mean is that ALL of the girls in Athens were educated by their mothers. The education in Sparta is completely different, for the boys all of their education was training to be a soldier and in athletics for the wars that they have.It was hard for the boys/men because they could only basically “retire” from being a soldier until they are 60.For the girls living in Sparta, they were educated in athletics, like the boys were.They were also taught to raise children or to run a household like their

The government in Sparta followed a very different coarse than that of the Athenians. It was controlled by an oligarchy in which the power was held by a group of five men called ephors. Working below the ephors was the Council of Elders and an Assembly. Male citizens over age sixty could serve on the Council while anyone, male or female, over the age of twenty could be a member of the Assembly. Though the citizens had little say in the decisions made by the government, the system worked effectively. Over the years, the Spartan's brutal reputation in war grew so great that other nations and city-states were too frightened to attack Sparta even though the Spartan army was no larger then eight thousand men. The Spartan Constitution called for all men to begin their military education at the age of seven, where they were trained to be tough and self-sufficient. Every man in the army fought with a great deal of passion for his country. Life in Sparta may have been rough, but the rest of the Greeks envied the Spartans for their simplicity, straight forwardness, and fanatical dedication. The beliefs of Sparta were oriented around the state. The individual lived and died for the state. The combination of this philosophy, the education of Spartan males, and the discipline of their army gave the Spartans the stability needed to survive in Ancient Greece.

On the contrary to life of women in Athens, the women of Sparta had considerable freedom. They were allowed to leave their houses when ever they pleased. They were required per the state policy to have education both from physical and educational perspective. The reason for physical education was because they could make and nourish babies that would be healthy for the children to be capable of being good warriors and if the baby was not fit as they would be judged by the elders, as mentioned before they would be left to die outside the city.

Unlike their husbands, Athenian women were forced to stay indoors at all times. They were controlled by their fathers through childhood and by their husbands after marriage. Mostly uneducated, except for learning how to read, they spent their time managing the household and slaves. They were only allowed to leave the house to attend certain religious festivals.

Envision a world where the people are ravenous and yearning for any remnant of food they could obtain, where the society is overrun and no one has a free say. This is the type of society the ancient Spartans would have lived like unlike the ancient Athenians. The Athenians lived a far more diverse life if compared to Sparta. Ancient Athens was better to live in than ancient Sparta due to its efficient and honorable government and flourishing economy.

Young girls continued to stay at home until they were married. Few mother taught their kids to read and write. They also assist their mother at home. When they reached the of twelve or thirteen they are consider as an adult. When they get married they are expected to have babies and if they are NOT being able to bear children it was seen as a curse from the gods. Spartan women were taught reading and writing and skills to protect themselves in battle.

In military training both boys and girls were allowed to attend the training. They learned to wrestling, boxing, and footracing. As stated in History Alive, “the boys did military training in barracks a building where Spartan soldiers would live and train”.  In addition, the training was important to the Spartan’s because they needed to teach the boys to be prepared for upcoming wars and to win those wars. The boys were taught how to read and write but, the Spartan’s didn’t find that important. To be a brave soldier was very important to the Spartan’s. Therefore, being a brave soldier was important because the soldiers had to fight in wars to protect Sparta from invaders who want to destroy Sparta.

Athens, the most famous and richest of the Greek city states dominated the ancient world for a long time. The Athenians developed, many new war tactics that were adopted by other Greek city states. Sparta was also a powerful Greek city state and one of the most feared military powers in the ancient world. Spartans grew up in a different society and used many war tactics that were different from traditional Greek warfare (Paton). At one point in time, Athens and Sparta were the most powerful civilizations in the whole world thanks to their very effective war tactics. Some strategies they used were good armor, intense training and surprise attacks. Spartans began training at a young age and were fierce fighters. Athens was rich and had a good navy. In the Persian war, Athens and Sparta worked together and ended up winning. But Athens and Sparta were two very different societies (Hayes 117). Even though the Spartans won the war the golden age of Greece ended this show how military power can make or destroy a great civilization.

Introduction Athens and Sparta were two of the largest, most powerful, and most influential cities of Ancient Greece. They may have both been big and historically well revered, but their societies were structured and ruled very differently. This difference is especially true politically speaking. (Athens & Sparta: Democracy vs. Dictatorship, 2016) Sparta was very focused on growing and maintaining a strong army, in efforts to ward off any uprising from their rule over the Helots.

Females, of course, did not go to war but they stayed home and raised the kids and cooked and clean. The men were sent off to military training when they turned six years old. The education that the boys received before the age of six was getting them ready for the army. They didn’t learn to read or write, but they learned war strategies. If you were a male, you had no choice but to obliged and be sent on your way. The males were in the army until they were sixty, that is, if they lived to be sixty. Since the Spartan army had the majority of the young male population, the army was the strongest in Greece at the time. On the other hand, the Athenians worshipped education. Boys were tutored at home till they were seven and then they were sent off to private schooling. The males weren’t sent off to military training till they were eighteen and they only stayed till they were twenty. The private education helped the men to become strategic thinkers but they didn’t have the man power like the Spartans had.

One of the reasons the Spartan military was superior to other Greek city-states is because Sparta was focused on war and creating a warrior. Male Spartan citizens were allowed only one occupation, soldier. Indoctrination into this lifestyle began early, Spartan boys started their military training at age 7, when they left home and entered the Agoge, which is a military school for boys. The soon to be warriors lived under bad conditions. They had to

Young boys were trained to be warriors; young girls were trained to be mothers of warriors. Whereas Athenians did not led these kinds of lives army was completely by

The ancient Greeks made city states that functioned as their society. These were small, usually consisting of a population of around eight to ten thousand people. Some of the famous city states are Sparta and Athens. Sparta imposed many tensions on the individual. Sparta was a highly militarized state and would pull the boys away from the family usually around age seven and put them into a state sponsored training regimen that would make them highly skilled warriors. If the boy was unable to complete the training for any reason they were seen as unable to be a Spartan and were usually seen as an outcast and removed from society. The Spartans, just like most other societies in ancient times, valued boys over girls. “Spartan parents often exposed female babies to the elements and leave them to die they also made decisions on male infants testing them and seeing if they would develop into a mature warrior and if not they would face the same fate as females.”1 This

Boys got to have freedom from the army. Instead they got to work at stores to earn money. Athenian girls were different than Spartan girls. Athen girls got fantastic education. They could as well pursue several kinds of arts and science.

In Ancient Athens boy were allowed to grow up and attend school, but girls remained at home. At the age of six boy went to the neighborhood school until they were fourteen. Older boys learned more military type things. They would activites such as running, wrestling, and boxing. “Younger boys were also taught how to play the lyre, sing, and do arithmetic” according to "ATHENS vs. SPARTA." Athenian Education & Military Training. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Sept. 2015. Girls were taught how to take care of the house and their future kids. Girls were also taught either by their mother or a private tutor as stated by Ancient Athens." Education in and Ancient