how did the Athenians differ from the spartans in their views on education and military training according to pericles
Education in Sparta was completely different. The purpose of education in Sparta was to produce and maintain a powerful army. Sparta boys entered military school when they were about six years old.dvertisement. advertisement. Education was very different in Sparta than it was in the other Greek city-states. In Athens, Corinth, Argos, Megara and in hundreds of other Greek city-states, the purpose of education was to produce good citizens.