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Both in antiquity and in modern scholarship, classical Sparta has typically been viewed as an exceptional society, different in many respects from other Greek city-states. This view has recently come...

In this fully revised and updated edition of his groundbreaking study, Paul Cartledge uncovers the realities behind the potent myth of Sparta. The book explores both the city-state of Sparta and the...

In the first major work to draw on the archaeological findings from excavation of the temple at Artemis Orthia, Kathleen Chrimes presents a study of Sparta in the Hellenistic and Roman periods based...

Images of ancient Sparta have had a major impact on Western thought. From the Renaissance to the French Revolution she was invoked by radical thinkers as a model for the creation of a republican...

From c.550 BC until her defeat at the battle of Leuktra in 371 BC, Sparta was a dominant force in the Greek world. This has traditionally ben explained by Sparta's egalitarian and militaristic...

This volume introduces the reader to every important aspect of the society of Sparta, the dominant power in southern Greece from the seventh century B.C. and the great rival of Athens in the fifth...

The study of the Spartans is now pursued more widely and intensively than ever. Indeed, no longer is Sparta the 'second city' of ancient Greece. This volume, the fourth in the established series on...

A comprehensive and original account of ancient Sparta over the eight centuries following her loss of `great power' status in 371 BC. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

A major new history of ancient Greece’s most iconic city-state. For thousands of years, the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta has been famed as the ultimate warrior society. The flowing crimson...

The two-volume A Companion to Sparta presents the first comprehensive, multi-authored series of essays to address all aspects of Spartan history and society from its origins in the Greek Dark Ages to...

The story of Pausanias, the general who defeated the Persians invading Greece and changed the course of history Weaving together ancient sources, Daniel Ogden tells the gripping story of the...

This introductory history of Sparta gives readers a welcome overview of the intense and brilliant history of the great Greek city state.

In this new edition, Paul Cartledge and Antony Spawforth have taken account of recent finds and scholarship to revise and update their authoritative overview of later Spartan history, and of the...

Two more of Plutarch's lives, covering the careers of the Spartan kings, Agis and Cleomenes.

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"An interesting book with an interesting concept. The articles are well-written and shed new light on old and neglected material". -- The Classical Outlook.

Conrad M. Stibbe ; Aus Dem Niederländischen Von Herbert Post. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 267-269) And Index.