A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . of youngSpartans, Avhose business it was to prevent insurrection. Laws and Customs. — The Spartan State was thus aristo-cratic and military. The State took into its own hands theeducation of the young, who received not much literary instruc-tion, but whose chieftraining was in gym-nastics. Healthy chil-dren at the age ofseven were taken fromtheir homes to betrained, while weakand deformed infantswere left to perish ina ravine of were separatelydrilled in gymnasticexercises, and madeto be as hardy asboys. The
A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . of youngSpartans, Avhose business it was to prevent insurrection. Laws and Customs. — The Spartan State was thus aristo-cratic and military. The State took into its own hands theeducation of the young, who received not much literary instruc-tion, but whose chieftraining was in gym-nastics. Healthy chil-dren at the age ofseven were taken fromtheir homes to betrained, while weakand deformed infantswere left to perish ina ravine of were separatelydrilled in gymnasticexercises, and madeto be as hardy asboys. The Spartanmen fed at public ta-bles, and slept in bar-racks, making onlyoccasional visits totheir own was regu-lated by the State. There was more purity, and ivomen hadmore influence in Sparta, than in other parts of Greece. Cow-ardice Avas treated with contempt. The strength of the Spar-tan army was in the hoplites or heavy-armed infantry. Hegemony of Sparta. — Having thus organized the bodypolitic, Sparta began wars of conquest. First it conquered. HoPLiTE {Bro) from Dodona) FORMATION OF THE PRINCIPAL STATES 73 Messenia in two great wars, from 743-724 , and from685-668 The leader of the vanquished Messenians inthe first war was Aristodemus, and in the second the second struggle the Spartans were inspirited by thewar songs of the Athenian poet Tyrtaeus. ISText Sparta con-quered the Arcadians (about 600 ), and in 549 Argossuccumbed, and the Argive League was dissolved, Sparta gain-ing the right to command in all wars waged in common by thePeloponnesian states. Sparta also entered into negotiationswith Lydia (555 ), and as early as 510 interfered inthe affairs of Attica and other states north of the Corinthianisthmus, thus sowing among the Athenians the seeds of lastingenmity. Government in Athens: Draco. — According to traditionCodrus, who is said to have died 1068 , was the last ofthe Athenian kings. After the abo
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