Agoge
6
MENTIONS
3
EPISODES
3
PODCASTS
Search complete. 6 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Agoge".
Sep 21, 2026
Trent McDonaldGUEST
... you know what I mean, for the ball again.
Trent McDonaldGUEST
And so it was like, I guess in a sense kinda like the Agoge, you know what I mean?
Brent TuckerHOST
The grind.
Brent TuckerHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Trent McDonaldGUEST
Like a, like a, like a modern-day Agoge, if you will.
Trent McDonaldGUEST
And so, you know, you'd just be, you would, you'd be, like, beating the shit outta your buddies, you know what I mean? [laughs]
Brent TuckerHOST
Yeah.
speaker_2NARRATOR
30.
speaker_2NARRATOR
No se confiaba en ti para ejercer poder político hasta que tu entrenamiento en la AGOGÉ hubiera quedado suficientemente atrás en el tiempo y tu adoctrinamiento estuviera tan completo que hubieras demostrado que siempre pondrías al Estado en primer lugar.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Now is when the Spartan system begins to reveal its fundamental problems.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Because all this machinery, all this discipline, training and systematic brutality was designed to maintain control and produce warriors.
speaker_3NARRATOR
That was what happened to every Spartan boy.
speaker_3NARRATOR
The system was called the Agoge, and it was essentially a form of state-sponsored child abuse designed to turn boys into soldiers.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Seven years old.
speaker_3NARRATOR
That was the cut-off age.
speaker_3NARRATOR
You now belonged to the state, and the state had one objective.
speaker_3NARRATOR
turn you into an emotionless warrior machine, unquestioningly obedient and absolutely loyal.
speaker_3NARRATOR
The Agoge was divided into age categories.
speaker_3NARRATOR
First came the Paids, from roughly 7 to 14 years old.