Athens vs Sparta: Deep Thinkers vs Military Might?
Athens vs Sparta! Learn all about the similarities and differences of the Greek City-States, Athens and Sparta! This short comparison with Kelly Macquire discusses the important differences between Athens and Sparta during the height of their power.
The government for Athens and Sparta were very different, with Athens being a democracy and Sparta being a dual monarchy. They both had an assembly in their government systems, however had different uses and restrictions.
Both #Sparta and #Athens had very strong military, but through rigorous training throughout the entire childhood of a Spartan boy, their army became feared throughout Greece. Athens dominated the sea with their navy, but put emphasis on the education of boys in a wide range of topics such as reading, writing, music and rhetoric.
One of the biggest differences between Sparta and the rest of Greece was the freedom they provided their girls and women. Not only were girls in Sparta educated, but they were permitted to exercise, compete in athletic events and own land. This was very different to Athens, who only taught their girls domestic skills such as weaving.
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Athens www.worldhistory.org/athens/
Sparta www.worldhistory.org/sparta/
CHAPTERS:
0:19 Athenian Government
0:56 Spartan Government
1:54 What did it mean to be a Spartan?
2:38 What did it mean to be an Athenian?
3:37 Girls and Women in Sparta and Athens
4:24 Close comparison of Athens and Sparta
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Athens vs Sparta, which city would you have chosen to live in and why? Let us know in the comments below!
@MultiCappie
3 жыл бұрын
When Epicurus opened his "garden" (school, basically) in Athens, he admitted women. I would rather live as an Epicurean in Athens any day.
@itsrosysky2413
3 жыл бұрын
Athens!
@user-lt6os8mq8i
Жыл бұрын
In Constantinople a pure Greek city, when it's liberated and given back to Greece.
Thank you. This was exactly the information I needed for my school work.
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@isamkamel
19 күн бұрын
She excluded the self destructing mindset of Sparta which had some relevant diciplines was acted full af hate and aggression against all neighbours with savage brutality derived from their divine indoctrination that they were the chosen people and therefore it justifies to enslave others...
Thank you! Saved me for my history exam :) Exactly what i was looking for
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped!
Honestly, as a girl, I'd want to live in a little of both. I'd do the Spartan military training, but maybe disguise myself as a boy to attend Athenian school, so that I could learn all the philosophy and literature. Then I'd go back to Sparta and live my life.
@aheartoflovecanneverbedefe4596
2 жыл бұрын
That's pretty much interesting as I would be interested in both as well... Yeah! Use military skills to stay invisible yet visible and use my persuasive skills, learned at Athenian school, to talk my way through awkward encounters.
I'd live in Athens. I'm more for learning than fighting.
@WildcatArts
3 жыл бұрын
Same, though I would at least try to understand self defense. Do you think they had conceal-and-carry for a sword?
@StarRider253
3 жыл бұрын
You'd still have to fight
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@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia
Жыл бұрын
We love hearing that! Thanks, Beatrice, and good luck with your studies! 😊
Very well explained.Thankyou.
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
They both had both good and bad things about them both. But if I had to choose it would be Athens.
@philipsullivan4885
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah
Good clear introduction to them both.
It would be great if a kid were with an Athenian father and a Spartan mother living in Kefalonia.
@kavinikirinde3479
2 жыл бұрын
Then u won't get Athenian citizenship
I would live in neither, Athens was nationalistic and arrogant in a poisonous manner, Sparta had more equality but was much more brutal. I was born with scarred lungs and a heart murmur, I would have been thrown out as a baby though I'm fit and athletic now Sparta would not have given me the chance to develop.
@StarRider253
3 жыл бұрын
A society where 75%+ of the population are enslaved is not "more equality"
@spartanparty3894
3 жыл бұрын
@@StarRider253 It is, because unfortunately Athens had the same issue. When Athens was disgusted by Sparta's slaves, it was because they were Greek, not because they were slaves. Furthermore, Athens was much more imperialistic, and completely annihilated cities enslaving the women and children. Both cultures are immoral and have evil elements, hence my answer.
@StarRider253
3 жыл бұрын
@@spartanparty3894 That's definitely correct but I just took issue with Sparta being described as more equal. For women, perhaps, but in general no. They were both slavery societies like you described. I'm not super familiar with Athenian slavery but didn't they have greek slaves as well? I know the Helots in Sparta were greek
@spartanparty3894
3 жыл бұрын
@@StarRider253 They had Greek slaves through war, instead of a steady population of locals like with the Spartans.
Good lecture, but why dont you include short movie to emulate the life in both sparta and athens
@trinityy7035
3 жыл бұрын
@Zahid Wazir I- come down Jamal don’t pull out the 9
I think I would have lived in Sparta. Thank you for the video.
Being a father of three beautiful daughters and advocating the breaking of the glass ceiling in the corporate world; Sparta for me no doubt.
Coloca legenda em português ( Brasil ), gosto do seu conteúdo, mas não entendo nada, porquê não falo inglês. 😪
When Epicurus opened his "garden" (school, basically) in Athens, he admitted women. I would rather live as an Epicurean in Athens any day.
In Sparta, girls were regularly defeat boys in wrestling. The girls wrestled topless and were wearing during the matches a tiny leather skirt but the boys were completely naked. (Pausanias)
Ok I'd want to live in Athens but only if it had extra military backup by an ally of some sort
IDC
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Comparing Sparta and Athens, Plato said that any society that doesn't give the same rights and opportunities to both genders deprives itself of half of its members.
Sparta cuz I will have more rights as a woman
Athens had some good ideas.
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia
11 ай бұрын
They did indeed. Thanks for watching!
A man would obviously choose to live in Athens because the system there favors him like the democracy, and a woman would obviously choose to live in Sparta because the system there favors her.
Why do you exclude the self destructing humanity hating mindset of Sparta?
Athens ..
04-03-2024
Sparta its were the best looking women were
Spartans were thinkers too Read plutarch or xenoophon
Ugh how she says Ekklesia is somewhat annoying. Lol. Being Greek n knowing how it's really pronounced. But I don't fault her because learning Greek is most definitely one of the hardest languages to learn. Shit I can't really speak it myself but I understand it more then I can speak it. It pronounced Eh-Cla-Sia.
It makes sense that in a world controlled by war, the people that do the fighting - and dying- to protect their land, get the right to make the rules.
@jasonworks1454
Жыл бұрын
Everyone does the dying in a world controlled by war. We all die, and the starved out ones that didn't steal as well probably would have contributed more to society then the more kleptoparasitic by nature. the kleptoparasitic would thrive in certain niches, but that's not a reason for them to make rules.
women ruled in Sparta not kings ! women has wealth and power in Sparta If you are man your main focus war all important things done by women