The Crypteia, also referred to as Krypteia or Krupteia (Greek: κρυπτεία krupteía from κρυπτός kruptós, "hidden, secret"; members were κρύπται kryptai)...

Gillen describes the Krypteia and writes "Once a year, the masters declare war on the helots." The ephors were in charge of the Krypteia and declaring war...

of the agoge who took part in the mysterious institution known as the Krypteia. Thucydides states: The helots were invited by a proclamation to pick out...

at night with the use of snares and traps. In the case of the Spartan krypteia, it was even a human hunt. The manuks ('young warriors') are mentioned...

of Sparta after the kings. The Spartiates were also the source of the krypteia, a sort of secret police, which, by measures such as assassination and...

from civilian to military members. Blood wings Line-crossing ceremony Krypteia, a rite involving young Spartans, part of the agoge regime of Spartan education...

ISBN 978-1-135-14365-7. Vidal-Naquet does acknowledge that the primary function of the krypteia was to terrorize Helots [...]. Vidal-Naquet, Pierre (1981). Le chasseur...

“invert” society, escaping to exotic regions and sacrificial death. 1928 Krypteia Naomi Mitchison UK One of the short stories included in the collection...

boys. At the same time, the most promising youths were included in the Krypteia. If they survived the two years in the countryside they would become full...

their image of military invincibility. It opens with a depiction of the Krypteia, an annual ritual where Spartiate youths murder the strongest Helots and...