The Spartans : the world of the warrior-heroes of ancient Greece, from utopia to crisis and collapse / Paul Cartledge.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 2003.Edition: 1st edDescription: 304 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1585674028
  • 9781585674022
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DF 261.S8 C379 2003
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Contents:
pt. 1. 'Go, tell the Spartans' -- 1. Under the sign of Lycurgus -- 2. Sparta in 500 BC -- 3. The Persian Wars, 490-479 BC -- pt. 2. The Spartan myth -- 4. The '50-year period', 478-432 BC -- 5. Women and religion - 6. The Athenian War, 432-404 BC -- pt. 3. A crippled kingship -- 7. The Spartan Empire, 404-371 BC -- 8. Fall and decline, 371-331 BC -- 9. Revival and reinvention 331 BC-AD 14 -- 10. The legacy : Leonidas lives.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-294) and index.

pt. 1. 'Go, tell the Spartans' -- 1. Under the sign of Lycurgus -- 2. Sparta in 500 BC -- 3. The Persian Wars, 490-479 BC -- pt. 2. The Spartan myth -- 4. The '50-year period', 478-432 BC -- 5. Women and religion - 6. The Athenian War, 432-404 BC -- pt. 3. A crippled kingship -- 7. The Spartan Empire, 404-371 BC -- 8. Fall and decline, 371-331 BC -- 9. Revival and reinvention 331 BC-AD 14 -- 10. The legacy : Leonidas lives.

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.

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