here is a reason Sparta is still taught in schools today.Sparta was a Greek city state that sits on the Peloponnese peninsula. It is a military based city state. The Spartan strengths outweigh the weaknesses because they had an advanced military, women were respected, and they trained their soldiers at a young age.To begin with, Sparta had an advanced military.In Document C, the text states “Spartan krypteia [crip-TEE-a], a kind of secret police or special-operation unit.”The krypteia was a group of the top Spartiates. They hid during the day, and at night they searched the roads with only a dagger and very little food. Their goal was to kill off the strongest and smartest helots to keep them from overpowering the Spartan society. This is…
Telepinu was the god of agriculture of the Hittites, people who lived in the ancient Near East in what is now Syria and Turkey. Like his father the storm god, Telepinu had a quick temper. When he was angry, plants and animals ceased to grow and people suffered. The beginning of the text is broken so we do not know the causes of the god’s anger. The thread of the story is taken up at the point where the rage of Telepinu is described. He is depicted as putting his left shoe on his right foot and his right shoe on his left foot, implying that he was so angry that he did not know what he was doing. Enraged, he stormed off into the countryside. After a while he became tired and lay down in a meadow to sleep.…
Though one of the men insults him Telemachus remains calm and tells them one more time to leave his home by tomorrow.One of the suitor is wondering who was at dinner with them.He then asks Telemachus he responds saying that was an old family friend.He tells him that the guests name was Mentes.Telemaachus had already known that it was Athena.After talking with the suitors Telemachus headed toward his room to go to…
In the novel The Odyssey Telemachus is destined to find his father Odysseus who has been imprisoned for up to ten years by Poseidon for blinding Poseidon's son Polyphemus. Telemachus is Odysseus son whose destiny has been predetermined by the gods. Telemachus was chosen out of many to find his father and bring him to freedom. Telemachus destiny was made for him when Athena the god of wisdom disguised herself as a mentor.…
Sparta was a city-sate in ancient Greece. It was located in Laconia, the south-eastern Peloponnese. It was built on the Eurotas River, which was the main river of Laconia; this gave them a fresh source of water.…
The Athenians and Spartans were rulers in their own right and developed different political systems. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece, the birthplace of democracy. Athenians were patrons that support, protects, and believed in living and dying as a champion. Their foundation was primarily focused on economic growth. Spartans believed in being resilient and self-disciplined. Sparta was extremely powerful after defeating rival city-state Athens in the Peloponnesian War. Sparta was dedicated to the military and to the state. Spartans believed in education and military training.…
characteristic is her manipulativeness, which is not altered over the course of One Flew over the…
As humanity has progressed throughout history, there have been a number of times in which the interest and involvement of politics has changed. As we look back we can see that as the eras changed, interests of the people changed as well. One example of this is during the time of the Ancient Greeks. At this point in Western Civilization one polis by the name of Athens located on the coast of the Aegean Sea felt that political participation was a key factor in everyday life. Unfortunately not all Greek city-states were on the same page as the Athenians. While Athens took pride in their democratic elections, their assembly and their Council, other city-states such as Sparta took a much more different approach. Sparta was a society in which…
In class, we are studying ‘The Odyssey’ by Homer. We are reading the translation of ‘The Odyssey’ by Robert Fitzgerald as well as a different version translated by Samuel Butler. A lot of what happens to Telemachus is relevant to events that families who have a parent/guardian in the military go through today.…
Sparta is a small town located in the northwest mountains of North Carolina. Sparta is the county seat of Alleghany County. The community was named for the ancient Greek city. As of the 2003 census, there were 1,818 people, 825 households, and 441 families residing in the town (Town of Sparta). The population is predominantly white, about 94.06%. Of the 825 households about 16% have children under the age of 16. The median income for a household in the town was $22,474. About 18.3% of the population are below the poverty line.…
The Maturation of Telemachus In the first book of Homer 's The Odyssey, we are introduced to Odysseus ' son, Telemachus. It is here we learn of Odysseus ' troubles and the situation regarding his estate and those who are presently inhabiting it. What the reader is allowed to witness right from the start, is the beginnings of Telemachus ' transformation, from a child to an adult.…
The Peloponnesian League: an alliance of Peloponnesian cities with Sparta as the leading city. Sparta had a separate alliance with each city. ‘…we believe that the allies met as a council and could in fact overrule Sparta in a military decision. Thus Sparta, it would appear, relied on it command of influence and respect rather than outright military power in order to have its voice heard within its own band of most important allies.’ Welch, p. 169…
As victors, the Spartans found themselves dominant in a Greece where polis was suspicious of polis and where, within each polis, faction disputed with faction. From Ionia, which the Spartans sold back to Persia as the price of their assistance, the Persians loomed once more as a threat to the whole Greek world. The new Macedonia in the north menaced the Greeks. Perhaps wiser or more vigorous leaders would have been able to create some sort of federation among the individual poleis that could have withstood the Persians and the Macedonians, and still later, the Romans. But since this did not happen, it seems more likely that the polis as an institution was no longer thought to be the appropriate way for the Greek world to be organized. Perhaps it was too small, too provincial, and too old-fashioned to keep the peace and provide scope for economic advancement and intellectual growth.…
Pomeroy, Sarah. Goddesses, Wives, Whores and Slaves: Women in Classic Antiquity. New York: Schocken Books, 1995.…
1. The story of Agamemnon, Aegisthus, Orestes and Clytaemenstra is a recurring theme during these first 4 books of the odyssey. The references I have picked up on throughout the four books are as listed:…