THUCYDIDES AND SPARTA
Thucydides and Sparta
Scholars may agree: on the subject of secretive Sparta, a state richly productive of myth and wishful thinking, Thucydides stands supreme as a source. A contemporary witness of Sparta at her military zenith, famous for his sober reporting and penetrative analysis, Thucydides is …
"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 …
"This introductory history of Sparta gives readers a welcome overview of the intense and brilliant history of the great Greek city state."--Publisher description
"This introductory history of Sparta gives readers a welcome overview of the intense and brilliant history of the great Greek city state."--Publisher description.
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 democratic Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries. Michael Whitby introduces and presents some of th…
