Definitions Religion Social System Spartan Army Spartan quotes
100
Agoge
What is the distinctive Spartan system of upbringing and training.
100
Polytheism

What is the worship of many gods called
100
2

How many kings were there
100
7

What is the age that boys started in the Agoge
100
Queen Gorgo

Who said "Only Spartan women give birth to real men"
200
Ephors

What are the Five magistrates elected annually from among all Spartiates
200
Apollo

Who is one of the most important Gods to the Spartans
200
28 plus 2 kings

How many in the council of elders
200
Hoplite

What is the name of a Spartan soldier
200
Lycurgus

Who said “A city is well-fortified which has a wall of men instead of brick”
300
Eunomia

What is the Spartan condition of a stable state, well organized both socially and politically.
300
Hyakinthia

What is the major festival in the Spartan calendar that lasted for three days, and celebrated the god Apollo and Hyakinthos.
300
dwellers about

What does periokoi mean
300
Greaves
What protected Hoplite legs
300
Leonidas

Who said "Come and Take them" when told by Xerxes to give up his weapons
400
Helots

Who are local inhabitants of Laconia and Messenia, owned by the Spartan state and required to work for its citizens in total subjection: they might on occasion be freed for military service.
400
Temple of Artemis Orthia

What is the building young boys needed to steal cheese from
400
Karneia

What is the name of the annual killing spree used to control the helots
400
Battle of Leuctra

What is the name of the Battle where the Spartans were defeated - leading to the beginning of the downfall of the Spartan society
400
Herodotus

Who tells us about the funerals of Spartan kings - Thousands attend funerals and would state that they were the best kings.
500
Eiren

What is A twenty-year-old who had proceeded at least two years beyond the class of boys (paides) in the agoge and was in command of his Troop
500
They are given a tomb and burial

How do we know if a Spartan died in battle or in childbirth
500
Inferiors

What is the name for Spartans stripped of their citizenship or who were illegitimate children
500
Plutarch

Which historian tells us that a cry for the Spartans was "Come back with your shield - or on it"
500
Plutarch or Aristotle

Who tells us about the Krypteia, apparently groups who went out with minimal equipment, hid in the countryside and killed helots indiscriminately.






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