Sparta's Teenage Secret Police

Описание: Sparta's secret police, the Krypteia, were responsible for the safety and security of the Spartan way of life, but who were they and why did they do what they did?

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Sources:
Cartledge, Paul. The Spartans: the World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece, from Utopia to Crisis and Collapse. Overlook Press, 2003.

Becker, Howard, and Leon Smelo. “A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF SPARTAN CULTURE, WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO MILITARY TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.” Social Science, vol. 6, no. 4, 1931, pp. 353–361. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/23906945.

MA, JOHN. “THE RETURN OF THE BLACK HUNTER.” The Cambridge Classical Journal, vol. 54, 2008, pp. 188–208. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/44698420.

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Image Attributions:
de:Benutzer:Ticinese, Helmed Hoplite Sparta, CC BY-SA 3.0
Peulle, Ancient Sparta ruins (3), CC BY-SA 4.0
Heinz Schmitz, Menelaion, CC BY-SA 2.5
Peulle, Ancient Sparta theatre overview (1), CC BY-SA 4.0
ulrichstill, Arkadia idyll Peloponnese, CC BY-SA 2.0 DE
davide ferro, Spartan swordman, CC BY 2.0
john antoni, Spartan helmet 2 British Museum, CC BY-SA 2.0
Brett Weinstein, Spartans in Atlanta, CC BY-SA 2.0