A Boy In Sparta Vs. A Man In Athens

A Boy in Sparta Vs. A Man in Athens
Starting off life as a boy can have high expectations, supporting family, protecting children, and making the right choices, but by growing up in Sparta, none of this would be the case. Men is Athens have the life they dream of by living in Athens by getting a good education, having a life not focused on war training, and being able to support their family. In Athens, boys have the life they want in order to grow into better men.
To start off, a boy in Athens would have a better life there than in Sparta because they would get an education. They would learn how to read, write, poetry, public speaking, and how to play different instruments. Boys would start school and be taught by a slave or their own mother until the age of 7. After that, they would go to an actual school where they would have to memorize lessons since books were not given. They would have to memorize two categories of things, the Greek epic poems of Homer, and how to play the lyre. Any others things taught were the teachers choice, some topics being government, art, …show more content…
Sparta does not even have a monarchy, so voting would be different for him. Also, he would be able to stay home and be with his wife and children. He could help around the house and care for his children. This is better than in Sparta because Spartan men never see their families until they are retired from being a soldier, at the age of 60. Spartan men never return home for more than 2 nights at most and then return back to training. They have to leave it to their wife to make sure that their children are strong and well cared for including eating good food. Athens men can help with this unlike Spartan men because they can grow crops, hunt, and trade to nourish their family. This is the main job that most men want when grown up to do, support family all they