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Located in the woods around the ''polis'' was the [[Spartan training territory]], where youths willing to prove themselves came.<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> | Located in the woods around the ''[[polis]]'' was the [[Spartan training territory]], where youths willing to prove themselves came.<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> | ||
[[Paidiskoi Camp]] in [[Lakonia]] was the camp where the ''paidiskoi'' remained as reserve members of the Spartan army during their agoge.<ref name="ACOd" /> | [[Paidiskoi Camp]] in [[Lakonia]] was the camp where the ''paidiskoi'' remained as reserve members of the Spartan army during their agoge.<ref name="ACOd" /> | ||
During the [[Peloponnesian War]] the Spartan [[Mercenary|''misthios'']] [[Kassandra]] was tasked by the magistrate of Pitana to escort her son, [[Makarios]], to the [[Agoge Camp North]] in [[Mount Taygetos]] for his training.<ref name="Training Days">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Training Days]]</ref> | During the [[Peloponnesian War]] the Spartan [[Mercenary|''misthios'']] [[Kassandra]] was tasked by the magistrate of Pitana to escort her younger son, [[Makarios]], to the [[Agoge Camp North]] in [[Mount Taygetos]] for his training.<ref name="Training Days">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Training Days]]</ref> | ||
==Positions== | ==Positions== | ||
During the Peloponnesian War the agoge master at the Agoge Camp North was [[Iatrokles]].<ref name="Brothers in Arms">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Brothers in Arms]]</ref> | |||
''Paidiskoi'' were the youths in the middle phase of the agoge, aged about 17-19, and served as reserve members of the Spartan army.<ref name="ACOd" /> | ''Paidiskoi'' were the youths in the middle phase of the agoge, aged about 17-19, and served as reserve members of the Spartan army.<ref name="ACOd" /> | ||
Revision as of 19:44, 11 March 2019
- "The agoge is what turns boys into men. Interfering would only weaken them, weaken Sparta."
- ―Myrrine[src]
Agoge was the Spartan way of rearing the youth into soldiers, beginning around the age of seven.
Locations
Located in the woods around the polis was the Spartan training territory, where youths willing to prove themselves came.[1]
Paidiskoi Camp in Lakonia was the camp where the paidiskoi remained as reserve members of the Spartan army during their agoge.[1]
During the Peloponnesian War the Spartan misthios Kassandra was tasked by the magistrate of Pitana to escort her younger son, Makarios, to the Agoge Camp North in Mount Taygetos for his training.[2]
Positions
During the Peloponnesian War the agoge master at the Agoge Camp North was Iatrokles.[3]
Paidiskoi were the youths in the middle phase of the agoge, aged about 17-19, and served as reserve members of the Spartan army.[1]
The best among the Agoge Fighters became krypteia.[4]
Trivia
- The word is Greek αγωγή (agogí), meaning 'rearing, upbringing, education, training' and even 'discipline'.
Appearances
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Training Days
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Brothers in Arms
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Home Sweet Home