Greece is a country united by its name, but divided by its ways. Although Sparta and Athens were both Greek cities, their societies were different. Sparta focused on a perfect army, while the Athenians' daily lives were based on learning and knowledge. When Spartan boys were trained for an army, Athenian boys were trained for life. These two societies revolved around different government, education from childhood to adolescence, the responsibilities each individual had to keep in their place and the way women played a role in each city- state. Sparta was a city-state based on strict military rule, at the age of seven, a young Spartan began training and was trained in killing machines. When a Spartan baby was born, high elite Spartan soldiers would observe the baby to see if it was healthy and strong, if not the baby was sick and weak, so it would be taken to a mountain and left there to die. This is just one example of how Sparta only wants a strong army and doesn't care about anything else. Strict government rules have ensured that every Sp...