Spartan Society
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This is the latest volume from the International Sparta Seminar, in the series founded by Anton Powell and Stephen Hodkinson. Figueira is here the editor of sixteen papers; among the authors are most of the world's leading authorities on the history of Sparta. There are particular concentrations of papers on Spartan women, the economy of Sparta, helots and Messenians, and Xenophon and Sparta.
Table of Contents
Introduction - Thomas J. Figueira
1. Snatching and Keeping: The Motif of Taking in Spartan Culture - Stefan Link
2. Suicide in Spartan Society - Ephraim David
3. The Nature of the Spartan Kleros - Thomas J. Figueira
4. The Hyakinthia of Sparta - Nicolas Richer
5. Female Property Ownership and Empowerment in Classical and Hellenistic Sparta - Stephen Hodkinson
6. The Women of Sparta - and of Other Greek Cities - at War - Anton Powell
7. Women's Way of Death: Fatal Childbirth or Hierai? Commemorative Stones at Sparta and Plutarch, Lycurgus, 27.3 - Pierre Brulé and Laurent Piolot Translated by Anton Powell
8. The Logic of Terror: Thucydides, Spartan Duplicity and an Improbable Massacre - Annalisa Paradiso
9. The Clandestine Massacre of the Helots (Thucydides 4.80) - David Harvey
10. Orestes at Sparta: The Political Significance of the Grave of the Hero - Klaus-Wilhelm Welwei
11. Xenophon's Sons in Sparta? Perspectives on Xenoi in the Spartan Upbringing - Noreen Humble
12. Xenophon, Artemis and Scillus - Christopher Tuplin
13. Aristomenes of Messenia and His Talismanic Shield - Daniel Ogden
14. Utopia on the Eurotas: Economic Aspects of the Spartan Mirage - Paul Christesen
15. The Paradigm of Democracy: Sparta in Enlightenment Thought - Ian Macgregor Morris
16. Loyalty and Liberty: Thermopylae in Western Imagination - Emma Clough
Index
1. Snatching and Keeping: The Motif of Taking in Spartan Culture - Stefan Link
2. Suicide in Spartan Society - Ephraim David
3. The Nature of the Spartan Kleros - Thomas J. Figueira
4. The Hyakinthia of Sparta - Nicolas Richer
5. Female Property Ownership and Empowerment in Classical and Hellenistic Sparta - Stephen Hodkinson
6. The Women of Sparta - and of Other Greek Cities - at War - Anton Powell
7. Women's Way of Death: Fatal Childbirth or Hierai? Commemorative Stones at Sparta and Plutarch, Lycurgus, 27.3 - Pierre Brulé and Laurent Piolot Translated by Anton Powell
8. The Logic of Terror: Thucydides, Spartan Duplicity and an Improbable Massacre - Annalisa Paradiso
9. The Clandestine Massacre of the Helots (Thucydides 4.80) - David Harvey
10. Orestes at Sparta: The Political Significance of the Grave of the Hero - Klaus-Wilhelm Welwei
11. Xenophon's Sons in Sparta? Perspectives on Xenoi in the Spartan Upbringing - Noreen Humble
12. Xenophon, Artemis and Scillus - Christopher Tuplin
13. Aristomenes of Messenia and His Talismanic Shield - Daniel Ogden
14. Utopia on the Eurotas: Economic Aspects of the Spartan Mirage - Paul Christesen
15. The Paradigm of Democracy: Sparta in Enlightenment Thought - Ian Macgregor Morris
16. Loyalty and Liberty: Thermopylae in Western Imagination - Emma Clough
Index
Product details
| Published | 01 Dec 2004 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 389 |
| ISBN | 9780954384579 |
| Imprint | Classical Press of Wales |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Series | Sparta and its Influence |
| Publisher | The Classical Press of Wales |
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