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Sparta Vocab

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acropolis high defence area of a city
agoge system of spartan education
Arcesilas Cup very fine piece of Spartan pottery 6th century
eirene teenage boy who supervised younger boys
eiddesia Spartan assembly
ephor Spartan annual magistrate
eunomia concept of order and good government
Eurotas river flowing through Sparta
gerousia Spartan council of elders
Great Rhetra set of laws allegedly handed down by Lycurgus
helot enslaved farming class of Sparta
hoplite Spartan infantry soldier
hoplon shield
hyakinthia religious festival, Hyakinthos
Illiad epic poem by Homer of the story of the Trojan war
isthmus narrow band of land connecting two larger areas
klerios allotment of land given to each Spartiate
kryptia secret police to keep helots under control
mora largest unit of Spartan army
paidonomous city appointed warden with authority over young boys
peplos short skirt worn by Spartan girls
perioeci craftsmen, maritime workers of Sparta
phalanx Spartan fighting technique
polemarch commander of a mora
porphyry a green stone
spartiate upper class of Spartans, called equals or peers
syssition dining group crucial to a Spartiate's role in society
Vix bowl 6th century bronze work from Sparta
Laconia region of the Peloponnese
Lacedaeomions term used to indicate the Spartans
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