TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cartledge,Paul
TI  - The Spartans: the world of the warrior-heroes of ancient Greece, from utopia to crisis and collapse 
SN  - 1585674028
AV  - DF 261.S8 C379 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Woodstock, N.Y.
PB  - Overlook Press
KW  - Sparta (Extinct city)
KW  - History
KW  - sears
KW  - Sparta
KW  - swd
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0721/2004541210-b.html
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0721/2004541210-d.html
ER  -