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|LOCATION |
|Athens |
|Region of Attica |
|Near the sea |
|Sparta |
|Region of Laconia |
|Rough, mountainous |
|POPULATION |
|Athens |
|More populous- 40,000 male citizens |
|Sparta |
|Less populous- 8,000 male citizens |
|GOVERNMENT |
|Athens |
|Limited Democracy: |
|Elected - 10 generals and magistrates |
|Council of 500 |
|Assembly - open to all male citizens |
|Jury duty drawn by lots (considered an honor unlike today) |
|Introduced the idea of trial by jury of peers |
|Sparta |
|Military Oligarchy: |
|Two Kings |
|5 Ephors (managed day to day operations) |
|Council and Assembly - all adult Spartan males |
|LIFESTYLE & VALUES |
|Athens |
|Valued wealth and luxury |
|Imported food and furnishings from other countries |
|Sparta |
|Men lived most of their lives in military barracks |
|Avoided luxury and lived mostly on broth |
|Boys went to military school at age 7 and forced to survive by stealing. They were beaten if they were caught. |
|WOMEN |
|Athens |
|Women had no voice in politics |
|Women were responsible for weaving and domestic arts |
|Did not often go out in public |
|Sparta |
|Women were allowed to own and control property |
|Given responsibility over home and property while husbands were at war |
|Valued for their role in raising future Spartan warriors |
|When a husband or son went off to war, she would say "Come back with your shield, or on it." *Failure was not an option!* |
|EDUCATION |
|Athens |
|Valued choral dance and music |
|Girls did not receive a formal education |
|Boys were educated in reading, writing, mathematics, gymnastics, poetry, and public speaking. |
|Slaves were not excluded from an education |
|Boys could enter an academy in their mid 20s for further education |
|Sparta |
|Valued athletics above all |
|Girls were educated in reading, writing, and sports |
|CULTURE |
|Sparta |
|Military supremacy |
|Athens |
|Famous for art, architecture, drama, and philosophy |
|Were knowledgeable in science and medicine |
|Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle |
|SOCIAL STRUCTURE |
|Athens |
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|Freemen - divided into social classes according to wealth |
|Metics - came from outside Athens; not allowed to own land but could own and run businesses |
|Slaves - Treated better in Athens than in other city states; master had power of life and death over slaves. |
|Sparta |
|Spartiates - adult males; served in the army and could vote in the Assembly |
|Outsiders - freemen who could not serve in the army or vote; often included foreigners |
|Helots- people who had fought against Sparta and lost; treated like slaves and forced to give half their produce to Sparta |
|MILITARY |
|Athens: |
|Strong Navy |
|Member of the Delian League |
|Sparta: |
|Strong Army |
|Member of the Peloponnesian League |
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