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Availability:In StockContributor:Andrew J. BaylissPublish date:2020-08-03Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198853084ISBN-10:198853084UPC:9780198853084Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Military, Ancient, ArchaeologyBook Topic:Ancient, GreeceSize:6.80 x 4.90 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCX3FAHVA6

The Spartans

The image of Sparta, and the Spartans, is one dyed indelibly into the public consciousness: musclebound soldiers with long hair and red cloaks, bearing shiny bronze shields emblazoned with the Greek letter lambda. 'This is Sparta!', bellows Leonidas on the silver screen, as he decides to lead his 300 warriors to their deaths at Thermopylae.

But what was Sparta?

The myths surrounding Sparta are as...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198853084ISBN-10:198853084UPC:9780198853084Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Military, Ancient, ArchaeologyBook Topic:Ancient, GreeceSize:6.80 x 4.90 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCX3FAHVA6
Andrew J. Bayliss is an Associate Professor in Greek History at the University of Birmingham. He has published extensively on Sparta and Ancient Greece, including After Demosthenes: The Politics of Early Hellenistic Athens (Bloomsbury, 2011) and Oath and State in Ancient Greece (De Gruyte, 2012), which was co-written with Alan H. Sommerstein. He has completed commentaries on the fragments of the...
Publisher: Oxford University Press

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