spartan boys leaned how to read and write but a majority of what they learned was training to be a solider.
Athenian children were usually raised in a more laid-back method. Most were schooled when they were young. Spartan boys were raised to be warriors. They would learn to fight at a young age and would be sent to military academy until they reached the maximum age. Once they reached the maximum age, they would be required to join the army. If one was weak, he was left to die on a cliff or mountain.
After the Spartan boys successfully complete the "agoge" (the Spartan training for boys) they were elected to a barrack mess, where they were to eat their meals and spend the majority of their time with his messmates. this ensured that when the mess fought together as a unit in battle, the young spartan would be loyal to his mess and possess an "esprit de corp".
Spartan boys were taught to fight, kick, spit, bite, scratch and get into fights with other boys. Athenian boys were learnt to be polite and to be civilised.
if a spartan boys was caught stealing he would get in trouble. he would not get in trouble for stealing but for getting caught. Spartans were taught to be strong and clever thinkers since the time they were Young.
yes they did
No, there was no school for spartan boys. From the age of six; legitamate, pure spartan boys started their rigorous training for the army.
Athenian children were usually raised in a more laid-back method. Most were schooled when they were young. Spartan boys were raised to be warriors. They would learn to fight at a young age and would be sent to military academy until they reached the maximum age. Once they reached the maximum age, they would be required to join the army. If one was weak, he was left to die on a cliff or mountain.
yes- they went to a type of "agoge" like the spartan boys but they did not focus on military. they did wrestling and gymnastics and various calisthenics
They began with the usual 3 Rs - reading, riting and rithmetic, then could move on to philosophy/science, literature or arts.
All children (girls/boys) learn at school
they would learn to read, write, and to do household chores at home. only boys went to school.
Athens was very far from Sparta, there would not be any Spartan boys there.
A petty school was another name for a type of elementary school in England. At the school boys would learn about manners and catechism.
After the Spartan boys successfully complete the "agoge" (the Spartan training for boys) they were elected to a barrack mess, where they were to eat their meals and spend the majority of their time with his messmates. this ensured that when the mess fought together as a unit in battle, the young spartan would be loyal to his mess and possess an "esprit de corp".
athenian boys went to school ;spartan boys served in the military
Yes, in ancient Greece girls were taught by their mothers and boys would either learn their father's trade or go to school.
Spartan boys were taught military skills, including combat training, discipline, and physical fitness. They also learned survival skills, such as hunting and endurance training, to prepare them for their role as soldiers in the Spartan society. Boys underwent a rigorous education system known as the agoge, which instilled a sense of duty, loyalty to the state, and self-sufficiency.