Spartan Reflections

By: Paul Cartledge

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Paperback | 26 April 2001 | Edition Number 1

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The fascinatingly complex Spartan tradition has been central to western thinking since antiquity. Images or myths of ancient Sparta are still exceptionally influential today. Sparta 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. Over the past quarter-century Paul Cartledge has established himself as the leading international authority on ancient Sparta and the Spartan tradition. In addition to the three books he has authored and co-authored, he has published a score of articles and numerous reviews on this important subject. "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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List of Plates
Preface
Acknowledgments
Sparta-Watching
'Sparta-Watching': General Introduction	p. 3
Polity, Politics and Political Thought
City and Chora in Sparta: Archaic to Hellenistic	p. 9
The Peculiar Position of Sparta in the Development of the Greek City-State	p. 21
Literacy in the Spartan Oligarchy	p. 39
The Spartan Kingship: Doubly Odd?	p. 55
Comparatively Equal: A Spartan Approach	p. 68
Society, Economy and Warfare
A Spartan Education	p. 79
The Politics of Spartan Pederasty	p. 91
Spartan Wives: Liberation or Licence?	p. 106
Rebels and Sambos in Classical Greece: A Comparative View	p. 127
The Birth of the Hoplite: Sparta's Contribution to Early Greek Military Organization	p. 153
The Mirage Re-Viewed
The Mirage of Lykourgan Sparta: Some Brazen Reflections	p. 169
The Importance of Being Dorian: An Onomastic Gloss on the Hellenism of Oscar Wilde	p. 185
Notes	p. 193
Bibliography	p. 231
Index Locorum	p. 264
General Index	p. 268
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