In Herodotus Histories he says that a spy of Xerxes's reported the Spartans' exercises as dancing. Is there any record of the Calisthenics Spartans used for exercise?

by johnpoulain

There's a lot of information online about how the Spartans would have trained but mostly it doesn't have any sources or reliable information. Does anything exist on how the Spartans would have trained in the Agoge or Syssitia Barracks?

johnpoulain

Information I found in other threads, general information about Ancient Greece exercises (all by /u/Iphikrates/ :

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/46guc3/gym_rat_here_how_ripped_did_ancient_greeks_get/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5dmmbj/how_did_the_greek_hoplites_workout/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5zca4h/how_did_the_greeks_in_the_classical_or/df2lzd9/

and about the Spartan Legend

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4ikgfe/how_historically_accurate_is_the_film_300/d2z7xf5/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6rvusy/is_the_military_worship_of_the_spartans_really/dl8ns8q/