Question

how did the core values differ between athens and sparta? contextualize directions: read the excerpts below, then respond to the questions. athens if we look to the laws, they afford equal justice to all despite their differences. if a man is able to serve the state, he is not hindered by his condition. the freedom we enjoy in our government extends to our ordinary life. there...we do not feel called upon to be angry with our neighbor for doing what he likes... advancement in politics is about potential, social class is not allowed to determine merit. our ordinary citizens, though occupied with personal business, are still fair judges of public issues. at athens we live exactly as we please, and yet are just as ready to encounter every legitimate danger. to be happy means to be free. we throw open our city to the world, and never...exclude foreigners from any opportunity of learning or observing. -pericles, funeral oration source: http://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/ancient/pericles funeral speech.asp based on pericles speech, describe what athenians valued most. sparta “instead of softening their feet with shoe or sandal, his king of sparta rule was to make them hardy through going barefoot. he believed this would allow them to climb hills and run. in fact, with his feet so trained the young spartan would leap and spring and run faster without shoes than another in the ordinary way. instead of making them effeminate (ladylike) and spoiled with a variety of clothes, the rule was to give them one piece of clothing the entire year. they would wear the same piece of clothing whether it was hot or cold. this taught them to be brave in all weather. with regards to food, young boys received small amounts of food. it was believed that young boys needed to know the pains of starvation.” -xenophon, constitution of the lacedaemonians source: http://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/ancient/xeno sparta1.asp based on the text above, describe what spartans valued most.

Explanation:

For Athenians, from Pericles' speech, we see they valued equal justice, freedom, political advancement based on potential, and openness to the world. For Spartans, the text shows they valued hard - training (like going barefoot), simplicity in clothing, and endurance (as with small food amounts for boys).

Answer:

Athenians: Equal justice, freedom, political potential, openness.
Spartans: Hard - training, simplicity, endurance.