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The agōgē was divided into three age categories: the paides (about ages 7–14), paidiskoi (ages 15–19), and the hēbōntes (ages 20–29). [4] The boys were further subdivided into groups called agelai (singular agelē, meaning "pack"), with whom they would sleep, and were led by an older boy (eirēn) who Plutarch claims was chosen by the boys themselves.
In an open letter on Oct. 16, Penguin Random House along with organizations like Authors Guild, PEN America, American Indians in Children's Literature, and Texas Freedom to Read Project, protested ...
Spartan is the story of two brothers born in the military city-state of Sparta. The elder brother, Brithos, was a Spartan paragon; the younger brother, Talos, was crippled and deformed at birth. Because of the cruel and strict laws in vigour at Sparta, babies that were deformed, crippled or had any health issues would not serve the city-state ...
The Port of Texas City, operated by the Port of Texas City / Texas City Terminal Railway, is the eighth-largest port in the United States and the third-largest in Texas, with waterborne tonnage exceeding 78 million net tons. The Texas City Terminal Railway Company provides an important land link to the port, handling over 25,000 carloads per year.
Found by Menelaus, king of Sparta, Anaxandra assumes the identity of Princess Callisto, believing that Menelaus will otherwise abandon her. Brought into Menelaus's household in Sparta, all the members of his family welcome her, except Menelaus’s beautiful wife, Helen. Suspicious of "Callisto," Helen's animosity towards Anaxandra places her in ...
In the city of Sparta, Kleomenes II, one of Sparta's two kings, watches an old man instruct a group of boys. The old man tells the boys a story of two dogs from the same litter, one raised as a hunting dog and the other as a pampered pet, the moral of the story being that their breeding as Spartiates is not enough to make them soldiers and must ...
(The Center Square) – A Texas Children's Hospital cardiologist was chastised by Gov. Greg Abbott after he posted a TikTok video advising potential patients that they don't have to comply with an ...
Anaxandridas was the son of Leon, who reigned during the first half of the 6th century, between 590 and 560 BC. [1] [2] He belonged to the Agiads, one of the two royal dynasties of Sparta (the other being the Eurypontids).