Age Class and Greek Military Roles

[hoplite14gr]

Rythmos amd Armonia (beat and harmony) bere essential for ancient Greek training.
Paean and phalanx remember? The Doric communities are more researched more dicussed and more group oriented with a fixed curicullum.
Other city states obliged parent to edjucate but the left the courses to the family discression.
Some cities bind into edjucational societies (i.e. Pythagoreans in Italy)

No freed slaves before Marathon. Many might have won their freedom after the fracas though.
Sikinos servant of Themistoclew became a Platean citizen for example.
"Doylos" in Greek means servant even intenured servant and was a legal entity.
"Andrapodon" was the term corresponding to modern meaning of slave as chatell.

Herodotus said that queen Telesila of Argos armed the "douloi" and called up the elders after the Argivew were literally fried in Sepeia.

The 18-year olds in Athens were doing border duty for two years. A service that requires mobility and light infantry tactics - trust me I know what I am talking about.

Thukidides gives examples of the older hoplites being ouragoi (file closers)
He also said that the very young and very old in Athens volonteere for garisson duties to free younger age class manpower.

Kind regards