Concetti Chiave
- The Spartan military education emphasized forming strong and fearless warriors through rigorous and often cruel tests.
- The Kryptéia was a significant ritual where young Spartans demonstrated their worth by surviving alone with minimal resources and attacking Helots at night.
- These rituals marked the transition from puberty to adulthood, signifying a young Spartan's readiness to become a warrior.
- During the Kryptéia, youths were sent to remote locations with only a dagger, surviving hidden during the day and emerging at night for their tasks.
- The treatment of Helots by Spartans was harsh, including forcing them to drink excessively and perform degrading acts to serve as a cautionary display for the youth.
YOUNG SPARTANS
Military education and preparation of the young Spartans, all aimed at forming strong and fearless warriors, culminated in the most stringent tests and often cruel. Among these was the Kryptéia (from krypto, ): the boy was left alone, in the countryside or in the Woods, armed with only a small dagger; he had to show his worth attacking at night also worth killing the Helots (slaves: the Helots were the lower social class).
These customs, which had a ritual character, was a ritual character, marked the passing of the young from puberty to the Spartan Warrior (or adult).
The authorities sent out at different places of the campaign young people who seemed wiser, allowing them to carry only a dagger, you need to eat and nothing else.The youths dispersed during the day in hidden places, where they rested undisturbed; When night fell, they descended into the streets and killed as many Helots that occurred between their hands.
Also in other respects the conduct of the Spartans to the Helots was hard and cruel. For example, forcing them to drink lots of wine and then pushed them in public canteens to show young people the show degrading of a drunk; or required them to sing songs and to dance outrageous and ridiculous dances, and abstain from those worthy of free people.
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