agoge

The Agoge was a rigorous education and training regime undergone by every Spartan male except for the heirs to the kingships. Supposedly introduced by the semi-mythical Spartan law-giver Lycurgus it trained boys from the age of 7 to 18. It involved education, military training, hunting, dance and social preparation. Boys were taken from the family home and from then on lived in groups and encouraged to owe their loyalty to their communal mess hall rather than their families. A form of institutionalised pederasty was practised whereby older warriors would be paired with a teenage student. This bond was considered important in passing on knowledge and in maintaining loyalty on the battlefield. The agoge focused exclusively on producing new generations of soldiers. Girls also apparently had a form of state education involving dance and sport amongst other subjects.

<< Previous

Word Browser

Next >>

shomyo
john banister (anatomist)
radio network controller
yoshihiro yasuda
espirito santo municipalities
microway
jetway
eric blore
the great betrayal
raphael lemkin
fay godwin

tianjin university
buick special
ottawa public library
moseley shoals
university of wolverhampton
marchin' already
simon bar sinister
the riverboat song
krypteria
datamation
biesbosch

japanology
pledge
asmp
anselm franz
central savannah river area
the desert sessions
st. elizabeth flood
leith hill
point of divergence
tobata ku, kitakyushu
send

tommie smith
simon reeve
send marsh
operation cartwheel
savitch's theorem
bernd munsteiner
nampeyo
eco industrial park
amado nervo
jacques poos
nspace