The two-volume A Companion to Sparta presents the first comprehensive, multi-authored series of essays to address all aspects of Spartan history and society from its origins in the Greek Dark Ages to the late Roman Empire. _ Offers a lucid, comprehensive introduction to all aspects of Sparta, a community recognised by contemporary cities as the greatest power in classical Greece _ Features in-depth coverage of Sparta history and culture contributed by an international cast including almost every noted specialist and scholar in the field _ Provides over a dozen images of Spartan art that reveal…mehr
The two-volume A Companion to Sparta presents the first comprehensive, multi-authored series of essays to address all aspects of Spartan history and society from its origins in the Greek Dark Ages to the late Roman Empire. _ Offers a lucid, comprehensive introduction to all aspects of Sparta, a community recognised by contemporary cities as the greatest power in classical Greece _ Features in-depth coverage of Sparta history and culture contributed by an international cast including almost every noted specialist and scholar in the field _ Provides over a dozen images of Spartan art that reveal the evolution of everyday life in Sparta _ Sheds new light on a modern controversy relating to changes in Spartan society from the Archaic to Classical periodsHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Anton Powell is Director of the Classical Press of Wales, and an internationally recognized authority on Sparta, Athens, and the Roman Revolution. He founded the International Sparta Seminar, and co-edited a succession of collective volumes which have contributed to the revival and reshaping of Spartan studies. Powell is the author of Athens and Sparta, Third Edition, and editor of Classical Sparta, Sparta at War, and Sparta: The Body Politic, among others.
Inhaltsangabe
Notes on Contributors ix
Foreword by Paul Cartledge xii
Preface xvii
PART I Reconstructing Sparta: General 1
1 Sparta: Reconstructing History from Secrecy, Lies and Myth 3 Anton Powell
2 Sparta: An Exceptional Domination of State over Society? 29 Stephen Hodkinson
PART II Origins: From Pre-Classical to Classical Culture 59
3 An Archaeology of Ancient Sparta with Reference to Laconia and Messenia 61 William Cavanagh
4 Lykourgos the Spartan "Lawgiver": Ancient Beliefs and Modern Scholarship 93 Massimo Nafissi
5 Laconian Pottery 124 Maria Pipili
6 Laconian Art 154 Francise Prost (Translated by James Roy)
7 Pre?]Classical Sparta as Song Culture 177 Claude Calame (Translated by James Roy)
8 Luxury, Austerity and Equality in Sparta 202 Hans van Wees
9 The Common Messes 236 Hans van Wees
PART III Political and Military History: The Classical Period and Beyond 269
10 Sparta and the Persian Wars, 499-478 271 Marcello Lupi
11 Sparta's Foreign - and Internal - History 478-403 291 Anton Powell
12 The Empire of the Spartans (404-371) 320 Françoise Ruzé(Translated by Anton Powell)
13 Sparta and the Peloponnese from the Archaic Period to 362 bc 354 James Roy
14 From Leuktra to Nabis, 371-192 374 Daniel Stewart
15 Sparta in the Roman Period 403 Yves Lafond(Translated by Anton Powell)
Notes on Contributors ix
PART IV Culture, Society and Economy: The Classical Period and Beyond 423
16 Spartan Religion 425 Michael A. Flower
17 Kingship: The History, Power, and Prerogatives of the Spartans' 'Divine' Dyarchy 452 Ellen G. Millender
18 Equality and Distinction within the Spartiate Community 480 Philip Davies
19 Spartan Women 500 Ellen G. Millender
20 Spartan Education in the Classical Period 525 Nicolas Richer (Translated by Anton Powell)
21 Sparta and Athletics 543 Paul Christesen
22 Helotage and the Spartan Economy 565 Thomas Figueira
23 The Perioikoi 596 Jean Ducat(Translated by Anton Powell)
24 Roads and Quarries in Laconia 615 Jacqueline Christien (Translated by Christopher Annandale and Anton Powell)
25 Spartan Cultural Memory in the Roman Period 643 Nigel M. Kennell
PART V Reception of Sparta in Recent Centuries 663
26 The Literary Reception of Sparta in France 665 Haydn Mason
27 Reception of Sparta in Germany and German?]Speaking Europe 685 Stefan Rebenich
28 Reception of Sparta in North America: Eighteenth to Twenty?]First Centuries 704 Sean R. Jensen
29 Sparta and the Imperial Schools of Britain: Comparisons 723 Anton Powell
