AristotlePlutarch -sayingsof Spartanwomen e.g. 'withyour shield or onit' attributed toGorgoPlutarch: as boysreached the age ofseven, Lycurgus tookcharge of them allhimself and distributedthem into troops: herehe accustomed themto live together and bebrought up together,Plutarch:ConcerningLycurgus thelawgiver, ingeneral, nothingcan be said whichis not disputed'Aristotle: theephorate ... hassupremeauthority in themost importantmatters,Plutarch: 'wouldnot understandblack soupunless bathedin Eurotas''Molon Labe'(come and takethem)supposedlyKing Leonidasto Xerxes.Alcman: 'Nowsleep themountain peaksand the ravines,ridges andtorrent streams'TacitusPlatoPlutarch 46 to120 BCGreco-Romanone of keysourcesXenophon430-354 BCAthenian whoserved inSpartan army.Polybius'let eachman planthimselfstoutly'-TyrtaeusHerodotus"[Lycurgus]“changed all thelaws and madesure that theseshould not betransgressed.'Tyrtaeus-SpartanpoetmilitaristicTyrtaeus: 'Howglorious fall thevaliant, swordin hand, In frontof battle...forSparta'Burial Mound nearThermopylae: Gotell the Spartans,passer-by, thathere, by Spartanlaw, we lie'Alcman Spartan poet late 7thC BC presentsculturallysophisticatedSparta'Distant ages willfind it hard tobelieve that Spartawas at all equal totheir fame...no fineedifices''ThucydidesKings'hereditarygenerals'HerodotusHerodotus: is theircustom: when theyare about to risktheir lives, theyarrange their hair"Xenophon: kingshould make allpublic sacrifices forthe state becauseof his divinedescent, and shouldlead the army Myron ofPriene: 'to thehelots theyassign everyshameful task'HerodotusAristophanes'thighflashers' ofSpartanwomen'SpartanMirage'FrancoisOllier"cumbersomeiron bars....Dipped invinegar'-Xenophon'one fifth ofSpartaowned byheiresses'-AristotleAristotlePlutarch -sayingsof Spartanwomen e.g. 'withyour shield or onit' attributed toGorgoPlutarch: as boysreached the age ofseven, Lycurgus tookcharge of them allhimself and distributedthem into troops: herehe accustomed themto live together and bebrought up together,Plutarch:ConcerningLycurgus thelawgiver, ingeneral, nothingcan be said whichis not disputed'Aristotle: theephorate ... hassupremeauthority in themost importantmatters,Plutarch: 'wouldnot understandblack soupunless bathedin Eurotas''Molon Labe'(come and takethem)supposedlyKing Leonidasto Xerxes.Alcman: 'Nowsleep themountain peaksand the ravines,ridges andtorrent streams'TacitusPlatoPlutarch 46 to120 BCGreco-Romanone of keysourcesXenophon430-354 BCAthenian whoserved inSpartan army.Polybius'let eachman planthimselfstoutly'-TyrtaeusHerodotus"[Lycurgus]“changed all thelaws and madesure that theseshould not betransgressed.'Tyrtaeus-SpartanpoetmilitaristicTyrtaeus: 'Howglorious fall thevaliant, swordin hand, In frontof battle...forSparta'Burial Mound nearThermopylae: Gotell the Spartans,passer-by, thathere, by Spartanlaw, we lie'Alcman Spartan poet late 7thC BC presentsculturallysophisticatedSparta'Distant ages willfind it hard tobelieve that Spartawas at all equal totheir fame...no fineedifices''ThucydidesKings'hereditarygenerals'HerodotusHerodotus: is theircustom: when theyare about to risktheir lives, theyarrange their hair"Xenophon: kingshould make allpublic sacrifices forthe state becauseof his divinedescent, and shouldlead the army Myron ofPriene: 'to thehelots theyassign everyshameful task'HerodotusAristophanes'thighflashers' ofSpartanwomen'SpartanMirage'FrancoisOllier"cumbersomeiron bars....Dipped invinegar'-Xenophon'one fifth ofSpartaowned byheiresses'-Aristotle

12 AH Writers about Sparta Bingo - Call List

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  1. Aristotle
  2. Plutarch -sayings of Spartan women e.g. 'with your shield or on it' attributed to Gorgo
  3. Plutarch: as boys reached the age of seven, Lycurgus took charge of them all himself and distributed them into troops: here he accustomed them to live together and be brought up together,
  4. Plutarch: Concerning Lycurgus the lawgiver, in general, nothing can be said which is not disputed'
  5. Aristotle: the ephorate ... has supreme authority in the most important matters,
  6. Plutarch: 'would not understand black soup unless bathed in Eurotas'
  7. 'Molon Labe' (come and take them) supposedly King Leonidas to Xerxes.
  8. Alcman: 'Now sleep the mountain peaks and the ravines, ridges and torrent streams'
  9. Tacitus
  10. Plato
  11. Plutarch 46 to 120 BC Greco-Roman one of key sources
  12. Xenophon 430-354 BC Athenian who served in Spartan army.
  13. Polybius
  14. 'let each man plant himself stoutly'- Tyrtaeus
  15. Herodotus" [Lycurgus] “changed all the laws and made sure that these should not be transgressed.'
  16. Tyrtaeus- Spartan poet militaristic
  17. Tyrtaeus: 'How glorious fall the valiant, sword in hand, In front of battle...for Sparta'
  18. Burial Mound near Thermopylae: Go tell the Spartans, passer-by, that here, by Spartan law, we lie'
  19. Alcman Sparta n poet late 7th C BC presents culturally sophisticated Sparta
  20. 'Distant ages will find it hard to believe that Sparta was at all equal to their fame...no fine edifices'' Thucydides
  21. Kings 'hereditary generals' Herodotus
  22. Herodotus: is their custom: when they are about to risk their lives, they arrange their hair"
  23. Xenophon: king should make all public sacrifices for the state because of his divine descent, and should lead the army
  24. Myron of Priene: 'to the helots they assign every shameful task'
  25. Herodotus
  26. Aristophanes 'thigh flashers' of Spartan women
  27. 'Spartan Mirage' Francois Ollier
  28. "cumbersome iron bars.... Dipped in vinegar'- Xenophon
  29. 'one fifth of Sparta owned by heiresses'- Aristotle