The correct answer is: A) the salves grew their food for them.
Sparta was a culture whose life focused on war and obedience to the state. It was founded around the ninth century B.C. The male Spartan citizens spent their lives in the military service, thet were thought that the state was the most important thing, even above their families.
As the Spartans were in the military service, the ones that grew the food were the slaves or Helots. They were greeks that had been conquered and were in charge of the day-to-day tasks and unskilled labor. They were elemental to keep the society alive. Frequently the Helots were brutally treated by the Spartans.
