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'''Agoge''' was the [[Sparta]]n way of rearing the youth into soldiers, beginning around the age of seven. | '''Agoge''' was the [[Sparta]]n 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.<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> | ||
During the [[Peloponnesian War]] the Spartan [[Mercenary|''misthios'']] [[Kassandra]] was tasked by the magistrate of Pitana to escort her son, [[Makarios]], to the | [[Paidiskoi Camp]] in [[Lakonia]] was the camp where the ''paidiskoi'', youths about the age 17-19, 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]] for his training.<ref name="Training Days">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Training Days]]</ref> | |||
Around that time [[Iatrokles]] served as the agoge master.<ref name="Brothers in Arms">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Brothers in Arms]]</ref> | Around that time [[Iatrokles]] served as the agoge master.<ref name="Brothers in Arms">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Brothers in Arms]]</ref> | ||
==Appearance== | ==Appearance== | ||
Revision as of 17:07, 3 February 2019
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, youths about the age 17-19, 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 son, Makarios, to the Agoge Camp North for his training.[2]
Around that time Iatrokles served as the agoge master.[3]