HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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they wanted to have a peaceful city-state.
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they feared that the ephors would declare war on Sparta.
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they wanted their citizens to follow the laws.
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they feared that the helots would continue revolting.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Spartans’ way of life would not have been possible without the Helots, who handled all the day-to-day tasks and unskilled labor required to keep society functioning: They were farmers, domestic servants, nurses and military attendants.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sparta was a warrior society in ancient Greece that reached the height of its power after defeating rival city-state Athens in the Peloponnesian War (431-404 B.C.). Spartan culture was centered on loyalty to the state and military service.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Spartans feared that the democratically inclined Athenian soldiers might decide to help the helots (who were fellow Greeks) escape from Spartan domination.
Detailed explanation-4: -According to Aristotle, the ephors annually declared war on the Helots, thereby allowing Spartans to kill them without fear of religious pollution. This task was apparently given to the kryptes, graduates of the difficult agoge who took part in the crypteia.