Question

3. What happens to unwanted Athenian and Spartan babies

Answer 1

At the age of 7 the boys are took away from their mothers and trained to be soldiers. How does the birth of an Athenian male differ from the birth of a Spartan Male? ... What happens to unwanted Athenian and Spartan babies? A: Spartan babies that are unwanted will leave them in a Apothetae to die.

Answer 2

Athenian-If they are not wanted, some babies are left out in the open to die.

Spartans-If a baby was weak, the Spartans exposed it on the hillside or took it away to become a slave