Money Flashcards
(13 cards)
What was the Lykourgan decision regarding money? [Xen]
“Lycurgus forbade the free citizens to have anything to do with making money”
How did heavy coins function as currency according to Plutarch?
Heavy coins were worthless as currency
Plutarch, Life of Lykourgos 9
What was the view on wealth accumulation in Lakedaimon? [Plut]
“No need to amass wealth”
Plutarch, Life of Lykourgos 24
Where was the gold and silver from Lakedaimon stored? [Scholars at dinner]
“the gold and silver previously in Lakedaimon was laid up in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.”
Scholars at Dinner, 6.23-5
What did Plato say about the flow of money in Lakedaimon?
“there is not in all Greece as much gold and silver as in private hands in Lakedaimon” as although money flows in, it does not flow out
Plato, Alcibiades, 1.122d-1.123b
What does Aristotle tell us of Sparta and public money?
“No common state fund for large-scale wars”
Aristotle, Politics, Book 2
What did Archidamus state about public funds? [Thuc]
“We have no public funds”
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, 1.80
What did Lykourgos create in terms of money and individuals according to Aristotle?
“A city without money, but individuals with a love of money”
Aristotle, Book 2
What was said about Sparta’s leaders of Xenephon’s time? [Xen]
“Leaders of the state are eager to govern foreign cities”
Xenophon, Lac. Pol, 14
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What influence did money have on greed in Sparta? [Plut]
“with the coming of money, greed and a desire for wealth developed under the influence of Lysander.”
Plutarch, Life of Lysander, 30.1
What implication did Plutarch and Thucydides make about Pleistoanax?
Pleistoanax was bribed to retreat from Attica in 446BC
Plutarch and Thucydides
What does Plutarch say about Lysander’s financial status at death?
Lysander died a poor man despite access to money
Plutarch, Life of Lysander, 30.1
How did the absence of money impact Lakedaimon? [Plut]
“there was equally no need for them to amass wealth”
Plutarch, Life of Lykourgos 24
