HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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“The government and society in Sparta are so strict. The people have little voice in government.”
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“I feel as though I have never left home. Everything here is the same as it is in Athens.”
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“This society allows for more freedom of expression than I have ever experienced in Athens.”
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“I have never heard of a society like Sparta that believes in only one God.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Athens focused more on culture, while Sparta focused more on war. The oligarchy structure in Sparta enabled it to keep war as a top priority. The Athenian democratic government gave the citizens in Greece more freedom.
Detailed explanation-2: -As an Athenian, one could get a good education and could pursue several kinds of arts and sciences. Sparta people were not open to education and they only concentrated on military strength and obedience and they didn’t interact much with the outside world.
Detailed explanation-3: -Athens was a democratic state where education, art, and philosophy was valued. Sparta was a military state where strength, size, and fighting capabilities were most important.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Athenian definition of “citizens” was also different from modern-day citizens: only free men were considered citizens in Athens. Women, children, and slaves were not considered citizens and therefore could not vote. Each year 500 names were chosen from all the citizens of ancient Athens.
Detailed explanation-5: -First, they were both Greek city states. Even though they seem to be opposites, they both show different sides of Greek culture: beauty, intellectualism, militarism and order. Finally, they were actually both on the same side in their unity against the Persians.