SPARTANS : THE WORLD OF WARRIOR-HEROES OF ANCIENT GREECE, FROM UTOPIA TO CRISIS AND COLLAPSE
by CARTLEDGE, PAUL
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1585674028
- ISBN 13
- 9781585674022
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About This Item
Woodstock , NY: Overlook Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 2003. first edition,1p; 135798642 print line. Hardcover. 8.8 X 6.3 X 1.2 inches. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN GOOD UNCLIPT(nopr ice) DUST JACKET...dj has 2"closed tear to front panel..; ANCIENT BATTLE COVER ART.. author photo 2x3" inner flap..; PHOTOS & MAPS; 304 pages; details throughout the narrative the lives of such illustrious and myth-making figures as Lycurgus, King Leonidas, Helen of Troy (and Sparta), and Lysander, and explains how the Spartans, although they placed a high value on masculine ideals, nevertheless allowed women an unusually dominant and powerful role--unlike Athenian culture with which the Spartans are so often compared. In resurrecting the ancient culture and society of the Spartans, Cartledge delves deep into ancient texts and archeological sources .
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- Title
- SPARTANS : THE WORLD OF WARRIOR-HEROES OF ANCIENT GREECE, FROM UTOPIA TO CRISIS AND COLLAPSE
- Author
- CARTLEDGE, PAUL
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition,1p; 135798642 print line
- ISBN 10
- 1585674028
- ISBN 13
- 9781585674022
- Publisher
- Overlook Press
- Place of Publication
- Woodstock , NY
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Terrorism, Politics, Greece, Sparta spartan, Athan, PELOPONNESian war, Europe History, Biography
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