Agoge
- "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.
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]
Trivia
- The word is Greek αγωγή (agogí), meaning 'rearing, upbringing, education, training' and even 'discipline'.
Appearances
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Big Break
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Training Days
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Brothers in Arms
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Home Sweet Home