- ephoroi: council of 5 men that kept kings in check
- exposure: babies died of ________ when left on Mount Taygetos
- gerousia: council of 28 men above the age of 60, two kings
- helots: spartans considered them enemies so then kept them in slavery and declared war on them annually
- Lakonia: region ruled over by Sparta
- lakoniokos: lakoniokos
- Lykourgos: established spartan ideals
- Messenia: region of helots ruled over by spartans
- Mt. Taygetos: Spartans left sickly babies here to die
- perioikoi: spartan "neighbors"
- Sparta: greek city, the citizens were great warriors
- the assembly: adult male council
- the krypteia: period of waiting
- the paidonomos: director of education in Sparta
- the syssition: dining hall for spartan men