Imagine its 406 BCE and you are in Greece. Athens and Sparta are equal distances from you. Which city would you pick? Of course, this depends on who you are; if you are a woman Sparta would be the place for you. People want to learn how to survive, would also pick Sparta. Sparta beats Athens in most aspects. Their treatment of women/ slaves and education was much more desirable, than Athens, as was their education. Overall, Sparta was a much more suitable place to live in ancient times. Women
its own personality. Among the most extraordinary are Athens and Sparta. Athens and Sparta were different in many ways. Some aspects in which their differences are visible are through their military force, trade, and their positions in the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars. Athens was known for its drive for dominance (Dutton, 51). They wanted control over an extended area. Though most of the poleis were similar in ways such as religion, Athens was distinct in worshipping Athena, as most of the areas
Athens and Sparta were two powerful poleis that dominated the Greek World during the Classical Age. Even though they are close together geographically, the two poleis couldn not be further apart socially, politically, and economically. Occasionally, their similarities united them, at other times it tore them apart. Socially, politically, and economically, Sparta and Athens disagreed on much, however on other issues they sometimes saw eye to eye. While Athens and Sparta differed extensively, they
Sparta and Athens are great city-states, both are militarily strong. However they have many key differences in political beliefs and ways of life. Sparta was very prominent military state. Sparta was located in a valley on the Peloponnesian peninsula, 25 miles from the nearest coast, they could only attack and be attacked by land. This allowed them to focus on being a land power. Spartan boys had to leave home their seventh year and join the other men in the barracks until they are about 30. They
Sparta is one of the Greek city-states It’s known as a military state. Sparta was one of the best military forces in the ancient Greek city-states and it was well known for its military power. Having a strong and powerful army benefited so much in the ancient times. It provides protection for themselves and have more advantages than other city-states when it comes to military power. Other Greek city-states like Athens, focus more on art and sciences. There are many things to have to make a great
Athens was the front- and- center city-state of Greece. Sparta was named the guardians of Greece for their military. People fight over who is better, Sparta or Athens? What choice will you make? Now when I say, front-and-center, I mean that Athens was the most powerful city state in Greece. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they were better than Sparta. When you think of Greece, you think of Sparta and Athens. Why do our minds go straight to these powerful city-states of Greece? Well, these
Greek city, Sparta, we often relate it to the capital of Greece, which is Athens. Although there were similarities in the two cities, including their geographical locations, there was also a strong rivalry between them, caused by the desire to gain power, protection, and many other factors. Understandably, because Sparta and Athens were located so close to each other there were many similarities as well as differences, in terms of their society, economy, and political standpoints. Athens, named after
dominated into two main powers. These two powers consisted of the militated Sparta and the democratic Athens. Although many might think that because of their shared time in history these two city states share a lot in common, the truth is that they could not be more different. On one hand Sparta was the strong, land power of Greece. They controlled many nearby territories and held the populace of said lands as slaves. Athens on the other hand commanded the sea. They focused their time and effort on
In her paper “Non-Relative Virtues: An Aristotelian Approach”, Nussbaum points that remoteness from “concrete human experience” is a key feature of the major approaches to ethics. This explains why many have been dissatisfied with the ethical theories. Utilitarianism requires one to perform acts only that maximize the general happiness or welfare. In Mill’s words, one is required to act as “strictly impartial as a disinterested and benevolent spectator” (Cite). However, one is deeply partial where