The Shadow of Sparta
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The Shadow of Sparta
Routledge for The Classical Press of Wales, 2013 c1994
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"First published 1994"--V.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
In the past twenty years the study of Sparta has come of age. Images prevalent earlier in the 20th century, of Spartans as hearty good fellows or scarlet-cloaked automata, have been superseded by more complex scholarly reactions. As interest has grown in the self-images projected by this most secretive of Greek cities, increasing attention has focused on how individual Greek writers from other states reacted to information, or disinformation about Sparta.
The studies in this volume provide new insights into the traditional historians' question, "What actually happened at Sparta?". But the implications of the work go far beyond Laconia. They concern preoccupations of some of the most studied of Greek writers, and help towards an understanding of how Athenians defined the achievment, or the failure, of their own city.
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Contributors:William Poole, University College, London, David Harvey^n, University of Exeter, Alfred Bradford, University of Missouri, Michael Whitby, University of St Andrews, Christopher Tuplin, University of Liverpool, Stephen Hodkinson, University of Manchester, Vivienne Gray, University of Auckland, Eckart Schutrumph, University of Colorado, N Fisher, University College Cardiff
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