What type of education did the city-state of Nike condone?
Boys will be educated in a first home schooled by their mother until age six. Then they will go to a school from age six to sixteen, then go to military school for two years. After military school was completed, they graduated. Girls will be educated in a school system from ages six to ten, then help around the house and property. In the schools they learned to read and write, and along with that, studied music and memorized poetry. They also studied to be skilled public speakers because, as citizens in a democracy, they would have to voice their views. To keep their bodies healthy, they participated in many athletic contests. They believed that education should teach all arts for the development of well-rounded citizens.