Suggested Resources

Additional Student and Teacher Resources:

    Enjoy the reenactment of battle by Spartan hoplite warriors at Ancient Greece Brought to Life (BBC).Then learn more about Spartan education for both boys and girls and the government of Sparta.

    Compare Sparta with Athens! See Athens and Solon - Sparta (Tourist Guide of Greece) and Sparta  (World Civilization by Richard Hooker, Washington State University) is rather difficult to read, but very complete. Spartan Stories and How Lycurgus (king around 885 B.C.) set up the militaristic society.

    An Interactive View of the Peloponnesian War(by Simon Frank) presents background information on the two enemies: Sparta and Athens. Also see Xenophon's description of Sparta (c. 375 BC.)

    Daily Life Ancient Greece by Mr. Donn (written for middle school and young students) allows you to compare city-states: Sparta, Athens, Corinth, Argos, and Megara. A great site for younger students!

    Everything Spartan, Lakonian and Messenian (by Holly Lorencz, award winning site) has much information of Spartan women, art, poetry, photographs of Sparta, and more.

    Death, Burial and the After-Life from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

    Ancient Greece   by Mr. Dowling gives a good overview of Ancient Greece including Athens and Sparta.

    Government Types in the City States   This search engine contained many government sites to explore!

A special 'thank you' to The Greeks--Multimedia Projects for their websites!