Exposition for an English course

1. SPARTA

2. Introduction
 Today Spartans are known for have
been a complete military society and
for being one of the bravest warriors of
all time
 The movie “300” is an example of the
epic folklore about them that has
arrived us through history
 But, why they loved war and fight?
 I will try to explain the origins of that
society and discover you some curious
topics

3. Overview
 Poor lands, unsuitable for farming
 Dorians surrounded by Achaeans
 Needed to
guarantee enough
resources
 Conquered
neighbouring
productive lands

4. Overview
 For each Spartan, 8 serves/slaves
 Fear for a serve revolts
 Country forced to become militarized
 Determined the Spartan character

5. First communist State?
 Family concept  No currency
suppression  Gold and silver coins
 Land State property prohibition
 Everybody owns the  Farmer serves
same lands  Rest of the jobs controlled
 Only one job for by foreigners
Spartans: warrior
 Kings only ruled
the army

6. Helots
 Serves, not slaves  Owned by Spartan families
 Live in Messenia  Provide food to Spartans

7. The women
 The only Greek women  Women and children live
who had access to together
education  Licentiousness that other
 Could possess properties Greeks found unseemly.
 Richer than men

8. The women
 Physical training, they had to fight
 “Production machines of male
soldiers”
 A wife can be shared if a friend
needed a child, woman agreement
needed
 Mother love replaced by pride: “Come
home with your shield or upon it“
 Very influent in their society, men
were almost always fighting

9. Born and growth until 7
 The weakest were abandoned
 Lived with women
 No father figure

10. Childhood (7 to 12)
 Physical education in small
groups
 Forget of the family feeling
 Loyalty to Sparta and their
companions
 Foment of homosexual love
 Taught to be cold and
starved
 Severely punished

11. Youthness (12 to 20)
 Military preparation and fighting training
 Drinking of black blood-made soap
 Adultery wasn’t punished, indeed was well
regarded

12. Adult age
 Cripteia, the final test. Do
you remember the 300
from the movie?
 At 20’s they got the
citizenship
 Sent to fight
 At 30’s were allowed to get
married
 At 60’s were retired and
join the elders council