Spartan Glossary

What is the term used to indicate Spartans?

• Agoge

• Helot

• Lacedaemonians

• Ekklesia

What was the Spartan assembly called?

• Gerousia

• Ekklesia

• Ephor

• Agoge

Which term refers to the Spartan council of elders?

• Gerousia

• Hippeis

• Kleros

• Eunomia

What was the purpose of the Spartan system of education known as Agoge?

• To teach farming techniques

• To train in military tactics

• To instill Spartan values of obedience, loyalty, and patriotism

• To prepare for religious festivals

What is the name of the river flowing through Sparta?

• Eurotas

• Isthmus

• Eirene

• Acropolis

Who were the Helots in Spartan society?

• Spartan infantry soldiers

• Enslaved farming class

• Knights guarding the kings

• Secret police

What was the role of the Ephor in Sparta?

• Spartan infantry soldier

• Annual magistrate elected from each obai

• River flowing through Sparta

• High defense area of the city

What is the Great Rhetra?

• A Spartan shield

• A set of laws allegedly handed down by Lycurgus

• A religious festival

• A piece of Spartan pottery

What is the largest unit of the Spartan army?

• Phalanx

• Mora

• Polemarch

• Syssition

Who were the 'new people' in Spartan society, rewarded for bravery in battle?

• Mothakes

• Neodamodeioi

• Parthenoi

• Tresantes