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According to Thucydides, what virtues were emphasized in the civic education of Ancient Sparta?

  • Strength, independence, creativity, complexity, and adaptability
  • Resilience, submissiveness, ingenuity, intricacy, and vigilance
  • Aggression, defiance, deceit, extravagance, and spontaneity
  • Toughness, obedience, cunning, simplicity, and preparedness (correct)
  • What did Archidamus stress as important for Sparta in his speech ascribed by Thucydides?

  • Civic education for Spartan virtues (correct)
  • Military conquests as the ultimate goal
  • Expansion of trade and commerce
  • Cultural exchange with other city-states
  • According to Archidamus II's speech in Thucydides' account, what did he emphasize as a key aspect of Spartan upbringing?

  • Severe self-control to obey laws (correct)
  • Encouragement of disobedience to challenge authority
  • Promotion of arrogance to assert dominance
  • Indifference towards societal norms
  • What did Archidamus II suggest about the knowledge imparted through Spartan education according to Thucydides' account?

    <p>Too little learning to despise laws and too severe self-control to disobey them</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did Archidamus II advise Spartans to base their preparations against an enemy in Thucydides' account?

    <p>On the assumption that the enemy's plans are good</p> Signup and view all the answers

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