Agoge und Paideia – Ein Überblick über die Erziehungssysteme Spartas und Athens

Abstract

Agoge and Paideia – an overview of the education systems of Sparta and Athens

The following proseminar paper gives an overview of the education systems of Sparta and Athens. Both were amongst the most influential Poleis of ancient Greece, but still had completely different educational systems: the Spartan Agoge and the Athenian Paideia. Based on primary sources and secondary literature, this paper will not just give an overview, but also compare those two systems in various aspects, such as the upbringing of children in the family or the system of public education, and then examine their impact on the respective societies.