Kings'hereditarygenerals'HerodotusHerodotus: is theircustom: when theyare about to risktheir lives, theyarrange their hair"Alcman: 'Nowsleep themountain peaksand the ravines,ridges andtorrent streams'Xenophon430-354 BCAthenian whoserved inSpartan army.AristotlePlato"cumbersomeiron bars....Dipped invinegar'-XenophonAlcman Spartan poet late 7thC BC presentsculturallysophisticatedSpartaAristophanes'thighflashers' ofSpartanwomenPlutarch: 'wouldnot understandblack soupunless bathedin Eurotas''Molon Labe'(come and takethem)supposedlyKing Leonidasto Xerxes.'let eachman planthimselfstoutly'-TyrtaeusPlutarch: as boysreached the age ofseven, Lycurgus tookcharge of them allhimself and distributedthem into troops: herehe accustomed themto live together and bebrought up together,TacitusAristotle: theephorate ... hassupremeauthority in themost importantmatters,Plutarch 46 to120 BCGreco-Romanone of keysources'SpartanMirage'FrancoisOllierBurial Mound nearThermopylae: Gotell the Spartans,passer-by, thathere, by Spartanlaw, we lie'Polybius'one fifth ofSpartaowned byheiresses'-AristotleHerodotusMyron ofPriene: 'to thehelots theyassign everyshameful task'Plutarch:ConcerningLycurgus thelawgiver, ingeneral, nothingcan be said whichis not disputed'Tyrtaeus: 'Howglorious fall thevaliant, swordin hand, In frontof battle...forSparta'Plutarch -sayingsof Spartanwomen e.g. 'withyour shield or onit' attributed toGorgo'Distant ages willfind it hard tobelieve that Spartawas at all equal totheir fame...no fineedifices''ThucydidesTyrtaeus-SpartanpoetmilitaristicXenophon: kingshould make allpublic sacrifices forthe state becauseof his divinedescent, and shouldlead the army Herodotus"[Lycurgus]“changed all thelaws and madesure that theseshould not betransgressed.'Kings'hereditarygenerals'HerodotusHerodotus: is theircustom: when theyare about to risktheir lives, theyarrange their hair"Alcman: 'Nowsleep themountain peaksand the ravines,ridges andtorrent streams'Xenophon430-354 BCAthenian whoserved inSpartan army.AristotlePlato"cumbersomeiron bars....Dipped invinegar'-XenophonAlcman Spartan poet late 7thC BC presentsculturallysophisticatedSpartaAristophanes'thighflashers' ofSpartanwomenPlutarch: 'wouldnot understandblack soupunless bathedin Eurotas''Molon Labe'(come and takethem)supposedlyKing Leonidasto Xerxes.'let eachman planthimselfstoutly'-TyrtaeusPlutarch: as boysreached the age ofseven, Lycurgus tookcharge of them allhimself and distributedthem into troops: herehe accustomed themto live together and bebrought up together,TacitusAristotle: theephorate ... hassupremeauthority in themost importantmatters,Plutarch 46 to120 BCGreco-Romanone of keysources'SpartanMirage'FrancoisOllierBurial Mound nearThermopylae: Gotell the Spartans,passer-by, thathere, by Spartanlaw, we lie'Polybius'one fifth ofSpartaowned byheiresses'-AristotleHerodotusMyron ofPriene: 'to thehelots theyassign everyshameful task'Plutarch:ConcerningLycurgus thelawgiver, ingeneral, nothingcan be said whichis not disputed'Tyrtaeus: 'Howglorious fall thevaliant, swordin hand, In frontof battle...forSparta'Plutarch -sayingsof Spartanwomen e.g. 'withyour shield or onit' attributed toGorgo'Distant ages willfind it hard tobelieve that Spartawas at all equal totheir fame...no fineedifices''ThucydidesTyrtaeus-SpartanpoetmilitaristicXenophon: kingshould make allpublic sacrifices forthe state becauseof his divinedescent, and shouldlead the army Herodotus"[Lycurgus]“changed all thelaws and madesure that theseshould not betransgressed.'

12 AH Writers about Sparta Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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