From my impressions, it seems to me that daily life must have probably been harsher in Sparta than in Athens. Since Sparta had the Agoge, the Spartan education system, which was “notoriously harsh and brutal” (Brand, n.d., p. 6). So from a young age, boys were trained “to be soldiers and girls to be baby-factories” (Brand, n.d., p. 6). So from the get-go, the life of a Spartan was hard. On the other hand, Athenian boys and girls weren’t put through a rigorous physical training system. Their life was easier.
Furthermore, Spartan citizens were all supposed to be soldiers in a society in a perpetual ‘state of war’ against their serf-slaves, the Helots. So Spartans lived always in fear from a possible Helot revolt. Additionally, the women in Sparta,
Furthermore, Spartan citizens were all supposed to be soldiers in a society in a perpetual ‘state of war’ against their serf-slaves, the Helots. So Spartans lived always in fear from a possible Helot revolt. Additionally, the women in Sparta,