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- The Agōgē (ἀγωγή) [16-19]
- Those Laconic Spartans [19-21]
- Military Maneuvers [22-24]
- Education never stops [24-25
- Blessing of scholē
- Freedom and restraint
Political Setup
- How someone elected to Gerousia [26]
- Over 60
- Group of candidates selected
- Assembly called, and votes decided by length of shout and volume of shout
- Burying the dead [27]
- NO injustice or inequality in these laws [28]
- Those who criticize (cough cough: ARISTOTLE + PLATO) for lack of Justice
- Krypteia! And treatment of Helots
- Lycurgus leaves: Spartans are living the laws, established in their hearts and minds [29]
- Makes Spartans promise never to deviate
- Goes to Delphi, sacrifices to Apollo, starves himself to death
- Leaves the Spartans to 500 years of supremacy and prosperity
The End of Perfection: Why Did Sparta fail?
- Until LYSANDER [30]
- Money flowed in and corrupted the morals
- Before then, Sparta relied on for generals
- By other Greeks
- By Sicilians
- By Egyptians
- By satraps and kings in Asia
- Lycurgus created a state not suited to rule others [31]
- A state “in love with wisdom”
- “free, self-reliant, self-regulated” citizens
- Many philosophers agreed with him, but he was the only one who executed on his great ideas, leaving behind a polis rather than just writings.
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