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

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