The gymnasium of virtue : education & culture in ancient Sparta
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The gymnasium of virtue : education & culture in ancient Sparta
（Studies in the history of Greece and Rome）
University of North Carolina Press, c1995
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The gymnasium of virtue : education and culture in ancient Sparta
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Bibliography: p. [219]-234
Includes index
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This work refutes the notion that classical Spartan education was a conservative amalgam of "primitive" customs not found elsewhere in Greece. It describes the development of Spartan education, including the age-grade system and the physical contests, that were integral to the system.
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