| A | B |
|---|
| helot | captured messenians who worked the land |
| perioeci | "dwellers around about" |
| Spartiate | elite Spartans whose life revolved around the military |
| Great Rhetra | law given to Lycurgus by the Delphic Oracle which established the Spartan state |
| Artemis Orthia | temple to Artemis where cheese stealing competition |
| krypteia | 'secret ploice' who controlled the helots |
| syssitia | dining group/mess for Spartiates |
| kaddished | rejection for membership of syssitia |
| hoplite | infantry soldier who fought in phalanx formation |
| zamos | black broth eaten by Spartans |
| Hyakinthia | festival which honoured Hyacinthus |
| ephors | Five men elected annually. Held significant power |
| Gerousia | Body of 28 older men plus the two kings |
| ekklesia | assembly of Spartiates |
| homoioi | equals/Spartiates |
| apothetae | 'place of rejection' where babies were exposed |
| paidonomos | older boy who supervised the training of Spartan boys |
| murex | shellfish which produced purple dye traded by Sparta |
| Carnea | festival which honoured Apollo |
| Agiad | name of one of the Spartan royal families |
