Athens and Sparta Venn Diagram
Athens
- As an Athenian, you could get a good education and pursue any kind of art or science dream.
- You didn't have to serve in the army or navy, but you could if you wanted to.
This only applied to men, girls were restricted to other pursuits; not war, buisness, or education.
Life was a creative wonderland.
Sparta
- The focus was for obiedience and war.
- Slavery made this possible by freeing the young men from household and industrial duties and allowing them to forcus on thier military duties.
- Young boys were trained to be warriors.
Both
- Both athens and Sparta had an assembly whose members were elected by the government.