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'''Agoge''' was the [[Sparta]]n way of rearing the youth into soldiers, beginning around the age of seven.
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The '''agoge''' ([[Greece|Greek]]: [[wikt:αγωγή|αγωγή]], lit. 'rearing, upbringing, education, training') was the [[Sparta]]n way of rearing the youth into [[soldiers]], beginning around the age of seven.


Despite being a girl, the Spartan ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] also participated in the ''agoge'',<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> though her education was cut short due to her exile.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Big Break]]</ref>
Despite being a girl, the Spartan ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] also participated in the ''agoge'',<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> though her education was cut short due to her exile.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Big Break]]</ref>
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==Positions==
==Positions==
During the Peloponnesian War, the agoge master at the Agoge Camp North was [[Iatrokles]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Brothers in Arms]]</ref>
During the Peloponnesian War, the ''agoge'' master at the Agoge Camp North was [[Iatrokles]].<ref>''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"/>


The best among the [[Agoge Fighter]]s became ''[[krypteia]]''.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Home Sweet Home]]</ref>
The best among the [[Agoge Fighter]]s became ''[[krypteia]]''.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Home Sweet Home]]</ref>
==Trivia==
*The word is [[Greece|Greek]] [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/αγωγή αγωγή] (''agogí''), meaning 'rearing, upbringing, education, training' and even 'discipline'.


==Appearances==
==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]''


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Culture and society]]
[[Category:Culture and society]]

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"The agoge is what turns boys into men. Interfering would only weaken them, weaken Sparta."
―Myrrine reminding Kassandra of the agoge's purpose, 429 BCE[src]-[m]

The agoge (Greek: αγωγή, lit. 'rearing, upbringing, education, training') was the Spartan way of rearing the youth into soldiers, beginning around the age of seven.

Despite being a girl, the Spartan misthios Kassandra also participated in the agoge,[1] though her education was cut short due to her exile.[2]

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, Kassandra was tasked by Xanthe, the magistrate of Pitana to escort her younger son, Makarios, to the Agoge Camp North in Mount Taygetos for his training.[3]

Positions

During the Peloponnesian War, the agoge master at the Agoge Camp North was Iatrokles.[4]

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.[5]

Appearances

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
  2. Assassin's Creed: OdysseyThe Big Break
  3. Assassin's Creed: OdysseyTraining Days
  4. Assassin's Creed: OdysseyBrothers in Arms
  5. Assassin's Creed: OdysseyHome Sweet Home