Spartan ReflectionsDuckworth, 2001 - 276 pages The complex Spartan tradition has been central to western thinking since antiquity. Images or myths of ancient Sparta are still exceptionally influential today. Saprta is also one of the handful of ancient Greek cities well enough attested for the historian to attempt a convincing social portrait in the round. Spartan Reflections, whose title is intended to capture both the influence of the Spartan tradition and Sparta's thought-provoking qualities, is a collection of thirteen essays, all either new or revised for publication in book form. Following a general introduction the book is divided into three thematic sections, on Polity, Politics and Political Thought; Society, Economy and Warfare; and The Mirage Re-Viewed. |
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... become a central preoccupation of British ancient historians and classical archaeologists , particular attention being paid to the issue of core - periphery or town - country relationships . So far as the history of ancient Greece is ...
... become a central preoccupation of British ancient historians and classical archaeologists , particular attention being paid to the issue of core - periphery or town - country relationships . So far as the history of ancient Greece is ...
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... become one of the most normal of those accoutrements , an enceinte wall ? Several reasons suggest themselves . First , weight of tradition . The Spartans notoriously over - valued the past ( Thommen 2000 ) , and , in part precisely ...
... become one of the most normal of those accoutrements , an enceinte wall ? Several reasons suggest themselves . First , weight of tradition . The Spartans notoriously over - valued the past ( Thommen 2000 ) , and , in part precisely ...
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... become so meta- morphosized . There is a one - word answer , suitably laconic , namely oliganthropia or shortage of citizen military manpower . Between 480 and 371 , by which time the shortage had become critical , numbers of adult ...
... become so meta- morphosized . There is a one - word answer , suitably laconic , namely oliganthropia or shortage of citizen military manpower . Between 480 and 371 , by which time the shortage had become critical , numbers of adult ...
Contents
General Introduction | 3 |
Archaic to Hellenistic | 9 |
The Peculiar Position of Sparta in the Development | 21 |
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