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Ancient Athens was better than Ancient Sparta (Education (educated in many…
Ancient Athens was better than Ancient Sparta
The agora
huge marketplace in Athens
birthplace of the mall
used by all Athenians back then
Government
invented the first democracy and elected a council of 500 annualy
considered all boys above 18 citizens
Women's rights
had a home life, cooked the food
did what men couldn't while men out for the day
Education
educated in many subjects
Philosophy
Science
The arts
Math
Medicine
Public speaking
Gymnastics
Superior traits to Sparta
Sparta only accepted strong babies into society
Spartan school day 90% gym, 9% obedience lessons, and 1% academics
iron rods for currency
Spartans forced all men to be in the army from age 20-60
Luxury and landscape
most grand and graceful city state
valued the luxurious life
had lots of furniture
Currency
invented the first coin, the drachma
Sparta had iron rods the size of an adults leg, claiming it made it harder to steal
Famous Figures
Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, philosophers
Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Euripides, Sophocles, playwrights
Thucydides, Herodotus, Xenophon, historians
Aspasia, woman scholar
Simonides, poet
Phidias, sculptor
Hippocrates, physician