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The Shadow of Sparta

by Anton Powell (Editor), Stephen Hodkinson (Editor)

Other authors: Alfred S. Bradford (Contributor), N.R.E. Fisher (Contributor), Vivienne Gray (Contributor), F.D. Harvey (Contributor), William Poole (Contributor)3 more, Eckart Shütrumpf (Contributor), Christopher Tuplin (Contributor), Michael Whitby (Contributor)

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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Images prevalent earlier in the 20th century, of Spartans as hearty good fellows or scarlet-cloaked automata, have been superseded by more complex scholarly reactions.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… (more)
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Powell, AntonEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hodkinson, StephenEditormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Bradford, Alfred S.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Fisher, N.R.E.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gray, VivienneContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Harvey, F.D.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Poole, WilliamContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Shütrumpf, EckartContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tuplin, ChristopherContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Whitby, MichaelContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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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Images prevalent earlier in the 20th century, of Spartans as hearty good fellows or scarlet-cloaked automata, have been superseded by more complex scholarly reactions.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

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