The document summarizes aspects of Spartan and Athenian society in ancient Greece. Sparta was a military state that conquered neighboring peoples and turned them into helots, or serfs. Its military system was based on heavily armed hoplites fighting in a phalanx formation. Spartan women had more rights and power than women in other Greek city-states, receiving education and engaging in athletics. Spartan society emphasized military service and discipline. Athens developed democracy under the reforms of Cleisthenes in the 5th century BC. Athenian women had limited roles and rights, confined mostly to the home. Athens and Sparta later fought against each other in the Peloponnesian War, weakening Greece.

1. Chapter 4, Notes Part 2 Greek City-States Sparta & Athens

2. Sparta – Military State

3. In Search of… “The Perfect Cheer!”

10. Spartan Hoplite Phalanx

11. “ The Spartan Lifestyle”

12. Spartan Women Only in Sparta did girls receive public education in other city-states most women were completely illiterate.

13. Only in Sparta were girls allowed to engage in sport . Only in Sparta did women possess economic power and influence. Scandalized observers from other Greek cities commented that not only did Spartan women have opinions they were not afraid to voice in public, AND their husbands actually listened to them!

18. Athenian Democracy

19. ATHENS Pericles giving his famous Funeral Oration

21. Athens: Birthplace of Democracy