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"Au-delà de quelques clichés associés à Sparte Léonidas et ses hommes se sacrifiant aux Thermopyles, l'ascétisme présupposé de la cité ou la rigueur de l'éducation des citoyens, c'est bien Athènes qui est communément perçue comme l'archétype de la cité grecque. Sparte constitue …
"Au-delà de quelques clichés associés à Sparte - Léonidas et ses hommes se sacrifiant aux Thermopyles, l'ascétisme présupposé de la cité ou la rigueur de l'éducation des citoyens -, c'est bien Athènes qui est communément perçue comme l'archétype de la cité grecque. Sparte consti…
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 society. Hodkinson's accessible and detailed study of Sparta's ruling classes shows ho…
The standard image of Sparta is of an egalitarian, military society which disdained material possessions. Yet property and wealth played a crucial role in her history. Classical Sparta's success rested on a compromise between rich and poor citizens. Economic differences were mas…
The standard image of Sparta is of an egalitarian, military society which disdained material possessions. Yet property and wealth played a crucial role in her history. Classical Sparta's success rested on a compromise between rich and poor citizens. Economic differences were mas…
The ideal of Sparta - the devotion of citizens to a well-ordered state - became a legend which has survived for over 2,000 years. J. T. Hooker begins by describing the landscape, the cults and cult-places and the development of Sparta during the Bronze Age. Iron Age Sparta is th…
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.
