Spartan
Naming Traditions
Feminine names
Just make one up that sound greek
Masculine names
Same deal as feminine names
Unisex names
...
Family names
No such things, except for famous clan names
Other names
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Culture
Major language groups and dialects
Shared customary codes and values
Honour is good. No respect for weakness, empathy and mercy.
Average technological level
Classical greece
Common Dress code
Naked is good.
Otherwise military.
Art & Architecture
Simple, nothing too fancy. Efficiency first.
Common Customs, traditions and rituals
The selection of new born: who deserves to live and to serve their city.
The coming of age of young Spartan: brutal, hardcore.
Birth & Baptismal Rites
A wise elder examined the baby and bather it in wine to observe its reaction. If judged unworthy to serve Sparta... well it was the same as being judged unworthy to live.
Coming of Age Rites
At the age of 7, children are taken away from their family and begin their harsh training of survival in the wild. The survivors were allowed back at the age of 16 or so, immediately to enter the army. Those who could hunt down and kill bare handed a @helot had a special promotion
Funerary and Memorial customs
Proper burials, with a coin in the mouth to pay their way across the @Styx
Common Taboos
Incest, blasphemy, and to leave corpses unburied
Common Myths and Legends
Descendants of @Heracles
Historical figures
King Leonidas
Ideals
Beauty Ideals
Fit, athletic
Major organizations
Sparta, @Peloponnese League
Parent ethnicities
Encompassed species
Related Organizations
Languages spoken
Related Locations
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