- The Crypteia, also
referred to as
Krypteia or
Krupteia (Gr****: κρυπτεία krupteía from κρυπτός kruptós, "hidden, secret";
members were κρύπται kryptai)...
- of the
agoge who took part in the
mysterious institution known as the
Krypteia.
Thucydides states: The
helots were
invited by a
proclamation to pick out...
-
Gillen describes the
Krypteia and
writes "Once a year, the
masters declare war on the helots." The
ephors were in
charge of the
Krypteia and
declaring war...
- at
night with the use of
snares and traps. In the case of the
Spartan krypteia, it was even a
human hunt. The
manuks ('young warriors') are mentioned...
- from
civilian to
military members.
Blood wings Line-crossing
ceremony Krypteia, a rite
involving young Spartans, part of the
agoge regime of
Spartan education...
- of
Sparta after the kings. The
Spartiates were also the
source of the
krypteia, a sort of
secret police, which, by
measures such as ********ination and...
- ISBN 978-1-135-14365-7. Vidal-Naquet does
acknowledge that the
primary function of the
krypteia was to
terrorize Helots [...]. Vidal-Naquet,
Pierre (1981). Le ch****eur...
- boys. At the same time, the most
promising youths were
included in the
Krypteia. If they
survived the two
years in the
countryside they
would become full...
-
other helot partners for ****ual reproduction,
although the
paramilitary krypteia would promptly kill any
beautiful or unusually-capable
children from such...
-
their image of
military invincibility. It
opens with a
depiction of the
Krypteia, an
annual ritual where Spartiate youths murder the
strongest Helots and...
