Sparta, at one time, was renowned for its famous poets.

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Pro: Alcman and Tyrtaeus were Spartan poets who wrote different styles of poetry that were both intellectually and culturally significant.

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Pro: Literature may have been more of a part of Spartan life than we know, since Spartans did not record their history and so oral traditions may have been lost to time.

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Con: Sparta largely turned its back on the arts and focused more on the militarization of its society after the Second Messenian War.

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Sparta, at one time, was renowned for its famous poets.

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Alcman and Tyrtaeus were Spartan poets who wrote different styles of poetry that were both intellectually and culturally significant.

Literature may have been more of a part of Spartan life than we know, since Spartans did not record their history and so oral traditions may have been lost to time.

Sparta largely turned its back on the arts and focused more on the militarization of its society after the Second Messenian War.

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Sparta, at one time, was renowned for its famous poets.

Pro claim 1

Alcman and Tyrtaeus were Spartan poets who wrote different styles of poetry that were both intellectually and culturally significant.

Pro claim 2

Literature may have been more of a part of Spartan life than we know, since Spartans did not record their history and so oral traditions may have been lost to time.

Con claim 1

Sparta largely turned its back on the arts and focused more on the militarization of its society after the Second Messenian War.