In this episode we discuss the secret group of Spartan youths known as the Krypteia: an elite cohort of students from the Agoge who would deploy into Messenia to hunt down and assassinate problematic Helots.

In this episode we discuss the secret group of Spartan youths known as the Krypteia: an elite cohort of students from the Agoge who would deploy into Messenia to hunt down and assassinate problematic Helots.

Sparta's Teenage Asymmetrical Warriors - The Krypteia

Exploring history's greatest soldiers, warriors, and armies throughout the ages. The Dead Warrior Society uses contemporary accounts of what actually happened from those who saw it as well as scholarly research.&nbsp; For full length episodes and video visit https://www.youtube.com/@DeadWarriorSociety

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Exploring history's greatest soldiers, warriors, and armies throughout the ages. The Dead Warrior Society uses contemporary accounts of what actually happened from those who saw it as well as scholarly research.  For full length episodes and video visit https://www.youtube.com/@DeadWarriorSociety

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Sparta's Teenage Asymmetrical Warriors - The Krypteia

Sparta's Teenage Asymmetrical Warriors - The Krypteia