stimulus response Flashcards
What was the Agoge?
A school Spartan boys were sent to from aged 7
What was the Krypteia?
A secret service of older Spartan boys who were ordered to put the Helots to death
Who were the Helots?
A slave population who took care of the land
Where were the Helots from?
Probably from Messenian origin (larger Sparta)
Who were the Spartiates?
Full Spartan citizens, (the elite)
What’s another word for Spartiate?
Homoioi
Who were the Perioici?
- The free but not Spartiate population
- Dorian people around the region
- Traders and artisans
- Can’t vote
What was Eunomia?
“Sweet law”, a belief that the Spartan government has good order and equality
What was the Sysstition?
A dining club which granted someone Homoioi status
Who was Lycurgus?
The “law giver”
- Like a mythological foundational father
What were the 3 main social classes?
- Spartiates
- Perioci
- Helots
What were the 4 other sub classes?
- Neodamdeis (freed Helots)
- Mothakes (non-Spartiates who go through the Agoge)
- Hypermeinos (failed the agoge or can’t pay sysstition fee)
- Tresantes (‘tremblers’: cowardly Spartiates)
What were the 4 groups in Spartan politics?
- The Kings
- The Gerousia
- The Ephors
- The Assembly
Who were the Assembly?
All Spartiates from 20
Elected the Ephors and Gerousia
What’s another word for Assembly?
Ecclesia
