Cartledge, Paul. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-294) and index. 
<br/><br/> '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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1585674028 9781585674022 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>1206392  QBI 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004541210 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Sparta (Extinct city)--History.<br/>Sparta (Extinct city)--History.<br/>Sparta
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DF 261.S8  / C379 2003