- The
syssitia (Ancient Gr****: συσσίτια
syssítia,
plural of συσσίτιον syssítion) were, in
ancient Greece,
common meals for men and
youths in
social or religious...
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after the dual monarchy), the
imposition of the
Spartan mess
halls called syssitia, the
redistribution of land to each
citizen by head,
Spartan austerity...
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amount of what they
yielded from
their kleros to
their syssitia, or mess.
These donations to the
syssitia were a
requirement for
every Spartan citizen. All...
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Spartan hegemony (404-371 BC). A
certain income was
required to
maintain syssitia membership, and thus
Spartiate status.
Rising inequality within the tiny...
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military training,
called the agoge, and who were
members in good
standing of
syssitia (mess hall), were eligible. Usually, the only
people eligible to receive...
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Deipnosophists (Banquet of the Learned) of Athenaeus. The
syssitia (τὰ συσσίτια tà
syssítia) were
mandatory meals shared by
social or
religious groups...
- boys'
clothes daily to
ensure that they fit. The
ephors had
their own
syssitia, the
common meal of
Spartan citizens. Only 67
ephors are
known by name...
- such as
cowardice in
battle or the
inability to pay for
membership in the
syssitia.
Failure to pay
became such an
increasingly severe problem because commercial...
- of
impoverished Spartiates.
Mothakes were not able to
contribute to the
syssitia, the core
civic daily institution for citizens, and thus were not allowed...
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Mothax Sciritae Epeunacti Partheniae Society Agoge Crypteia Spartan army
Syssitia Xenelasia Women Cults Aphrodite Ambologera Areia Temple Artemis Caryatis...
