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Comparisons to other city-states:

Spartan education is public, Athenian is private.
Sparta educates for war, Athens for peace.

Childhood

(1 to 7 years)

• Family education
• Plays, myths, stories
• Care of the mother

Boyhood (1 to 14 years, School)

• Promenade to school under the care of a pedagogue
• Music

1. Poetry, Homer, Hesiod.
2. Writing of verses from dictation
3. Reading, intonation, articulation.
4. Music proper. Doric airs accompanied by the lyre or cithara

• Gymnastics

1. Leaping
2. Running
3. Discus throwing
4. Javelin throwing
5. Wrestling
6. Dancing (combines music and gymnastic, pantomimes, and choric dances)

Youth (14 to 16 years, College)

• Greater freedom
• Public instruction
• Gymnastics more violent
• Training for citizenship by discourse with older men

Ephebe or Cadet (18 years)

• First year drill in arms
• Second year frontier duty

Citizens (20+ years, University)

• Public service
• Military duty

Learn more about the evolution of education during ancient greek times in the free public domain book, Outline History of Education By Felix Arnold. Just click on the link to read and download it.