In this episode, we discuss the inner-workings of Sparta's unique political, economic, and social system; included are the diarchy (dual hereditary kingship), the gerousia (council of elders), the apella (assembly), and the ephors (judicial overseers); the so-called Lykourgan land reform and the devolution of Sparta's economy; the roles of the helots (slaves), the perioikoi (non-citizens), and Spartan women; the various steps of the agoge (Sparta's education and military training system) which created spartiatai (full-citizen males); and why this unique system ultimately failed
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Supplementary Resources (Videos, Photos, Other Podcasts)
Map/Southern Peloponnesus
Photo/Modern-Day Eurotas River
Photo/Ruins of Ancient Sparta w/Mt Taygetos in the Background
Photo/Recreation of Ancient Sparta
Photo/Modern-Day Eurotas River
Photo/Ruins of Ancient Sparta w/Mt Taygetos in the Background
Photo/Recreation of Ancient Sparta
Video/The Constitution of the Spartans (Historia Civilis)
Photo/Marble Bust of Lykurgas
Photo/Modern Statue of Lycurgus at the Law Courts of Brussels
Photo/Image of Chilon
Video/Spartan Laws: "No Retreat, No surrender"? Fact or Fiction? (Sand Rhoman)
Video/This is Sparta: Fierce Warriors of the Ancient World (TED-Ed)
Video/This is Sparta: Fierce Warriors of the Ancient World (TED-Ed)
Video/Sparta's Teenage Secret Police
Photo/"Menelaion" Shrine at Amyclae
Photo/Remains of the Temple of Artemis Orthia at Sparta
Photo/Ivory Votive Plaque of Artemis Orthia
Photo/Laconian Black-Figure Hydria with Gorgon's head, Sphinxes, and Cranes
Photo/Laconian Black-Figure Kylix of "The Rider"
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Photo/Laconian Black-Figure Kylix of "The Rider"
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***Ancient History Hound - Spartan Women (Part One)
***Ancient History Hound - Spartan Women (Part Two)
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