10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AGOGE»
Discover the use of
agoge in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
agoge and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Leonidas of Sparta: A Boy of the
Agoge
This is the first book in a trilogy of biographical novels about Leonidas of Sparta. This first book describes his childhood in the infamous Spartan agoge.
This in effect is the error of Brelich.54 He took the view that the developed
Spartan agoge of Classical times was not just somehow derived from an initiatory
cycle of primitive type but actually was such a cycle. He therefore argued, since
he ...
3
Eros and Greek Athletics
ment of the agoge in the sixth century B.C. Indeed. a direct link between the
decline in athletic victories and the formation oftheugogi'has not, to my
knowledge, been previously observed. but the connection does support the
hypothetical date ...
Riverside Thomas F. Scanlon Professor of Classics University of California, 2002
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Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2010
5
Militarizing Culture: Essays on the Warfare State
All boys were required to undergo a lengthy, physically challenging collective
upbringing called the agoge, supervised by the city-state's most prestigious
officers. Historian Mark Golden provides a glimpse of what childhood was like in
this ...
6
Athenian Legacies: Essays on the Politics of Going on Together
The agoge was a formal institution, aimed at teaching Spartan youths aged
seven to twenty how to live and fight as warrior-citizens. The Spartan youths were
reared apart from the rest of society, and the agoge was marked off from (
although ...
7
Sextus Propertius: The Augustan Elegist
Citium, based on Lycurgan Sparta.79 Sphaerus' agoge only endured for some
twenty years, but, when in 146 BC Rome defeated the Achaean League with
Sparta as her ally, Sparta was awarded her freedom and the agoge was restored
in ...
8
The Gymnasium of Virtue: Education & Culture in Ancient Sparta
THE. INVENTOR. OF. THE. AGOGE. In the years following the Achaean War,
when the Spartans had successfully petitioned the Romans for permission to
restore their ancestral constitution, they looked to the most recent phase of the
agégé ...
Training for the Agoge began at the age of seven and was not completed until the
age of thirty. Only boys were allowed to train for the Agoge. Before the Agoge The
ephors inspected each boy born in Sparta ten days after his birth, to decide if ...
Louise Park, Timothy Love, 2009
10
The Development of the Polis in Archaic Greece
Like several other institutions, the agoge of Classical Sparta has often been seen
as an amalgam of primitive customs and rituals whose purpose could be
illuminated by anthropological evidence of the fossilised cultures of African tribal
...
Lynette Mitchell, P.J. Rhodes, 2003
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AGOGE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
agoge is used in the context of the following news items.
Being an Adaptive Athletic Supporter (and Fan Girl)
It was a year ago that we first met many of them at the last Agoge Challenge. It was when a man, who is aptly named Angel, first put Ella into his ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
Sliptrick Records Inks Deal With Heretic's Dream
The album was originally slated for May through Agoge Records. "Floating State of Mind" marks a real change in sound and songwriting, ... «Metal Underground, May 15»
Corey Field Puts Hedonism on the Page
After all, one of the most compelling instances in the show is the placement of Number Five: Wrath next to Agoge, which depicts an infant held ... «ithaca.com, May 15»
Thompson takes his career on the road
Jacob Schwarm (Agoge WC), 2. Paul Bianchi (Team Wisconsin), 3. Bryce West (Eastern Iowa WC), 4. Tanner Pasvogel (Ghostriders). 126 -- 1. «Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, May 15»
An open letter to my ex-lover, the USMC
But like so many young men before me, going back to the Spartan agoge and before, having been thoroughly instilled with love of Corps and ... «Foreign Policy, May 15»
Kelowna KaPow takes bronze at Super Series
In the semifinals, KaPow put up a fight before going down to defeat against a dominant Agoge team from the Fraser Valley, 25-22 and 25-23. «Kelowna Capital News, Mar 15»
Terrorism arrests focus new scrutiny on mall kiosks
... official and president of the Wayne-based Agoge Group. "They're bringing in more security guards. They're heavily invested in technologies. «Philly.com, Feb 15»
Cima Scotoni Waffenlos winter ascent by Simon Gietl and Gerhard …
After the first winter ascent Zauberlehrling in 2012 and after the first ascent of Agoge that same year, taking advantage of the current amazing ... «Planetmountain, Feb 15»
Cigar Thoughts, Divisional Round: Seahawks send Panthers to their …
The upstart Panthers, winners of five in a row, came into the Seahawks' agoge and spent the first two-thirds of the showdown being almost ... «Field Gulls, Jan 15»
Liquidnet Launches Trade Advisory and Execution Solutions
Roberto Malamut will take on the position of head of quantitative research, joining from Agoge Capital, where he was quantitative analyst and ... «www.waterstechnology.com, Dec 14»
