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