Sparta
Cambridge University Press
2nd Edition
Published on 10. August 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-1-009-38277-9 (ISBN)
Description
This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series offers a generous selection of primary texts on Sparta, with accompanying maps, illustrations, glossary, chronology and explanatory notes. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in English translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers. The texts selected include extracts from the important literary sources but also numerous inscriptions, many of these being otherwise difficult for students to access.
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Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 170 mm
Width: 245 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
554 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-009-38277-9 (9781009382779)
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Content
1. Section A: Sparta from contemporary Spartan poetry; 2. Section B: historical inscriptions relating to Sparta; 3. Section C: Sparta in religion and religious festivals; 4. Section D: Spartan institutions in theory; 5. Section E: Spartan institutions in practice. 6. Section F: the Spartan mirage; 7. Section G: contemporary Athenian views of Sparta; 8. Section H: an historical overview; 9. Section K: Sparta and Lakonia.