The Spartans : the world of the warrior-heroes of ancient Greece, from utopia to crisis and collapse /
Cartledge, Paul.
The Spartans : the world of the warrior-heroes of ancient Greece, from utopia to crisis and collapse / Paul Cartledge. - 1st ed. - Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 2003. - 304 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-294) and index.
'Go, tell the Spartans' -- Under the sign of Lycurgus -- Sparta in 500 BC -- The Persian Wars, 490-479 BC -- The Spartan myth -- The '50-year period', 478-432 BC -- Women and religion - The Athenian War, 432-404 BC -- A crippled kingship -- The Spartan Empire, 404-371 BC -- Fall and decline, 371-331 BC -- Revival and reinvention 331 BC-AD 14 -- The legacy : Leonidas lives. pt. 1. 1. 2. 3. pt. 2. 4. 5. 6. pt. 3. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Traces the history of the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, describes its distinctive military society and the unusual freedom of Spartan women, and discusses the influence which its culture has had on later civilizations.
1585674028 9781585674022
1206392 QBI
2004541210
Sparta (Extinct city)--History.
Sparta (Extinct city)--History.
Sparta
DF 261.S8 / C379 2003
The Spartans : the world of the warrior-heroes of ancient Greece, from utopia to crisis and collapse / Paul Cartledge. - 1st ed. - Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 2003. - 304 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-294) and index.
'Go, tell the Spartans' -- Under the sign of Lycurgus -- Sparta in 500 BC -- The Persian Wars, 490-479 BC -- The Spartan myth -- The '50-year period', 478-432 BC -- Women and religion - The Athenian War, 432-404 BC -- A crippled kingship -- The Spartan Empire, 404-371 BC -- Fall and decline, 371-331 BC -- Revival and reinvention 331 BC-AD 14 -- The legacy : Leonidas lives. pt. 1. 1. 2. 3. pt. 2. 4. 5. 6. pt. 3. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Traces the history of the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, describes its distinctive military society and the unusual freedom of Spartan women, and discusses the influence which its culture has had on later civilizations.
1585674028 9781585674022
1206392 QBI
2004541210
Sparta (Extinct city)--History.
Sparta (Extinct city)--History.
Sparta
DF 261.S8 / C379 2003