The role of Spartiate women in ancient Sparta was to produce healthy and strong babies that could become exceptional warriors. Therefore, as young girls they did not learn mundane 'home-care' tasks such as sewing and cooking - this was left to the Helots. Spartate girls were educated at home in the arts, music, dancing and poetry and were able to write letters. From a young age, female Spartiates ran around naked alongside the boys and competed in gymnastics, Wrestling, foot and horse races, and other required physical trials, all in the public's view.

Spartiate women are often referred to as the 'conscious' of Sparta as they would 'dob-in' any Spartiate (male or female) who was slacking-off. They have been documented to have been very outspoken, bold and extravagant.

Spartiate women could own their own land, it being passed down to them from their fathers or by inherenting it from their husbands who died in battle.

There were two classes in Sparta who were below the ruling Spartiate class: the Perioikoi, who were free non-citizens they were primarily merchants and skilled workers; then there was the Helots (slaves) they worked in the fields and other hard labour jobs. The ruling Spartiate class spent their time training to fight.

Being a Spartiate - that is an hereditary member of the warrior class which was the core of Spartan society and structure. Other free men (perioeci = 'the livers around') and the serfs were the lower orders.

Incessant wars caused the drastic shrinking of this privileged class to the stage where they could no longer compete with the other Greek cities numerically and Sparta slipped into obscurity.

Eyvind Johnson has written:

'Le nouveau Spartiate'

'Se dig inte om!'

'Favel ensam'

'Dreams of roses and fire' -- subject(s): Demoniac possession, Devil, Fiction, History, Nuns, Witches

'Krilons resa'

'Olibrius och gestalterna'

'Romanen om Olof'

'Sju liv'

'Return to Ithaca'

'Stunder, va gor'

If you were a true Spartiate (Spartan) yes. The sole purpose of all men was to serve the country. Work would be done be the Helots (and some by the Perioikoi) and food would be provided by the state. During peace, a man had to train in exercise, tactics and warfare every day as a duty. On war his sole duty was to die for his county in which -only- case he could have a gravestone.