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Both of which primarily educated only men, though Sparta did educated women to some extent. In Sparta, the education was all military-based – war was supreme. Men were educated in war and fighting early in life, starting at the young age of only seven years old. Their women were also given military education. They were expected to be physically fit so they could be expected to bear healthy children. In Athens, their view on education was very different. Though they still had military education for about two years, they were also taught the arts – philosophy, music, mathematics, and poetry. The Athenians emphasized beauty, and they believed that beauty was not just in looks, but in intelligence and understanding as well. Though Athens did not train their men for the military as much as Sparta has, their military was also very powerful. The Spartans had an extremely powerful and supreme army due to the fact that their men were put through harsh, rigorous military training most of their
