Sparta

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the assembly was open to every male citizen over the age of 30. met to talk about important matter such as rules about citizenship or war and to oppoint generals

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Persia got back at Athens by giving the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta the money to buy and pay for the running of a war fleet comparable to that of the Athenians. The money allowed the Spartans to offer double pay to the crewmen, and so attract the best seamen.

For getting caught stealing (note that it is not the stealing they punished, but the 'getting caught' part) and for similar reasons to it.

The Spartan alliance defeated the Athenian alliance in 404 BCE after the Athenian fleet was destroyed at Aigospotamai. Subsequently, Athens and Sparta fought as allies and opponents on several occasions. There was no final defeat. Each waned as a power after the mid 3rd Century BCE.

They think that they can win Helen if they prove their worthiness.They are bound by an oath to defend the Helen's husband.

Xenia requires it.

They are told Troy will be an easy target.

the government discouraged foreign visitors, banned travel abroad for any reason but military ones, frowned upon citizens who studies arts and literature, and two kings headed a council of elders.

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Aristotle divided Greek governments into monarchies, oligarchies, tyrannies and democracies, and most historians still use these same divisions. For the most part, Greece began by having monarchies, then oligarchies, then tyrannies and then democracies, but at each period there were plenty of city-states using a different system, and there were many which never did become democracies or tyrannies at all.
Monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny, democracy.

According to Dictionary.com Menelaus's brother was Agamemnon. According to my book, Gods, Demigods & Demons, An Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology by Bernard Evslin, Menelaus is the brother of Agamemnon. In my book, Mythology - Myths, Legends and Fantasies by Global Book Publishing, Menelaus is the son of Atreus and Aerope, husband of Helen and brother of Agamemnon who was married to Clytaemnestra. Menelaus had one daughter called Hermione. Menelaus was the king of Sparta, while Agamemnon was the king of Mycenae. Hope this helps! Alice

It was actually Helen of Sparta, not Troy, who went with Paris of Troy, leaving Sparta, her husband and daughter, and everything she was behind. She didn't actually become Helen of Troy until such time as she was welcomed into Trojan society as a Princess of Troy.

Helen of Sparta, wife of King Menelaus of Sparta, wasn't actually kidnapped by Paris, a Prince of Troy. Helen had been promised to him by the Greek goddess Aphrodite, whom Paris had claimed was the most beautiful of all the goddesses. Naturally, like most women, this pissed of the other goddesses, Athena and Hera. Paris went to Sparta during a period when Menelaus was absent from Sparta for a funeral.

True to her word, as Aphrodite had promised, Helen fell in love with him and willingly left Menelaus and Sparta behind, along with Hermione, their 9 year old daughter (bet you didn't know where the name Hermione came from).

At this point there are conflicting testaments as to whether or not Paris and Helen actually went to Troy; some accounts have them going to Egypt, where upon learning what they had done, seized all the treasure that Paris had taken, including Helen, and waited for Menelaus to show up and reclaim his wife and gold.

By this time, Menelaus was home in Sparta, had been informed that his wife had dumped him for Orlando Bloom, and left him a lot poorer and with a kid to boot. He was not a happy camper. Having promised Menelaus that they would stand by him should Helen ever be abducted again (she had already been taken before, once when she was only 12) her former suitors, who became the Greek heroes of the Trojan War.

After getting to Troy and demanding the return of Helen and his loot, as stated previously, some accounts had Helen and Paris in Egypt, so when the Greeks showed up on the Trojan beach, King Priam of Troy (Paris' Dad) and Prince Hector (Paris' brother, and hero of Troy) told Menelaus, Odysseus, Ajax, Achilles, and all the other Greeks who had shown up for the war that they had been suckered - Paris and Helen weren't there at Troy, but had in fact eloped to sunny Egypt for a few quiet years while things "died down" a bit.

Well, things died of course - the Trojan War lasted 10 years, the Greeks unable to penetrate the high, steep walls that had kept them from getting inside the city. At that period in history, there were no great siege machines of war, Trebuchets, Catapults, or anything for breaching battlements.

After 10 years, the Greeks got tired of not winning every day, and losing their friends all the time, not to mention the deployment time away from Greece. 10 years is a long deployment. Sitting around the campfire on the beach one night, Odysseus comes up with a brilliant plan - let's build a wooden horse, hide a bunch of us inside, and send everyone else away. The Trojans just might be dumb enough to bring it inside the city to offer it to Poseidon at their temple, to rob us of OUR offering to Poseidon on the beach for a safe journey back to Greece.

So the Greek fleet sails just out of eyeball range, and leaves the wooden, hollow horse offering thingy on the beach with a lot of stinky Greek dudes inside. Not only is it cramped, it's also hot as hell, and they can't make a sound or move for fear of being discovered by the Trojans. And we won't even discuss what they did to relieve themselves during that period.

Anyway, you know the rest - the Trojans fell for the stupid trick, and dragged the horse into the city, partied all night and got falling down drunk. At which point by that time, the Greek ships had sailed back, and Odysseus, Achilles, and the rest of the Greek gang had slithered out of the horse and signaled their buddies on the beach that the Trojans had fallen for it, and that the gate was open. In other words, they signaled "Time to Rape, Pillage, and Plunder."

The Athens society was far better than that of Sparta since Athens was more intellectual and wanted to learn and develop; they were not just focused on war. Sparta was much more practical and learning how to fight was any Spartan's top priority. Athens developed the democracy as well.

I'm first assuming you mean DID as the spartan empire was effectively disbanded around 192 BC (correct me if i'm wrong Greece!) And, I will also note, the movie "300" is a very poor representation of Spartans. Yes, they were taken from their mothers at 7, and taken to the Agoge which forced them to steal, fight, and trained them to become excellent warriors, yes the babies were discarded if they were deformed, and they did hate the Athenians. But the rest of the movie is largely inaccurate. To answer your question, if they were in the Agoge they would have probably used any stone "knives" they could make, or sharpened sticks for spears, or weapons stolen from any guards or leaders. (for which they would have been badly punished).

The Spartan males recognised that their women had a strong role in rearing children and running the household while they themselves were involved in military training and operations. This contrasted with most of the other Greek city-states including Athens, where the women were kept in virtual purdah, running the home and garden and having children.

Thespiae 700, Thebes 400, Phocia 1,000, Opuntan Locria not specified 'all they had'.

* The best soldiers in the world in which their lives were dedicated to fighting. * They lived by military rules and daily routines revolved around physical training. * The Battle of 300 * Only in Sparta, real men are made.

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Telemachus accepts a silver bowl with a gold lip from Menelaus.

One story that King Menelaus told was that on his return from Troy, he was stranded in Egypt and was captured by Proteus. Proteus told King Menelaus that Odysseus was still alive but is held captive on Calypso's island.

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He was attending the funeral of his maternal grandfather, Catreus.

As part of a diplomatic mission to Sparta, Paris was in the city. After Menelaus left for the funeral (apparently in Tegea) Paris and Helen left for Troy. Thus started the Trojan War

Source: Wikipedia

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Sparta was a military state because the Dorians invaded Southern Greece (including Sparta, the rest of Laconia and Messenia) and took over all the original inhabitants which became Helot slaves. There were so many more Helots than Spartans that they rebelled. The rebellion was crushed but it alerted the Spartans to the fact that they needed to have an efficient fighting force to prevent it happening again. So it became a military state with all men (and women in a small degree) preparing for war.

Menelaus, King of Sparta, naturtally knows Odysseus, King of Ithaca.