The Athenians valued intelligence. The name Athens comes from the name Athena, the goddess of war and wisdom. The Athenian government was a democracy, which was run Athenian. However, to be a Athenian you had to be a free white man who owned land both parents were Born in Athens. Men began military training at the age of 18, much older than Spartan children.
A spartan soldier
Sparta
The people of Ancient Sparta valued strength over intelligence. If a baby was born weak, they were left at the top of a mountain to die. They carried around big iron bars and used them as money. At age 7, all Spartan goys and girls. Boys lived and trained in buildings called barraks. They learned how to read and write. However, they were not considered important skills. When they reached the age of 20, men had to go through a fitness test. Women had a lot more rights than any other of the Greek city-states
Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war, was the goddess the Athens named their city after because they were wise and intelligent people