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oapen-20.500.12657-877642024-03-28T14:03:18Z Sparta: History, State and Society Kulesza, Ryszard Ancient army Ancient customs Ancient Greece Ancient Spartans Classical History Klaudyna Kulesza Marzenna Michałowicz Mikołaj Period Ryszard Society Sparta Spartan education State Szewczyk Szymański Thermopylae thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history SHS-Award for the best book in Ancient History in 2022 of the Polish Society for Ancient Studies. Richly illustrated with citations from ancient authors, the book Sparta introduces the reader to the universe of a polis which in the fifth and fourth century BC was a Greek superpower. Part I describes Sparta’s political institutions and mechanisms of governance, the structure of its society, the family, education, lifestyle and, naturally, the organization of the Spartan army and military life. Part II is an outline of the history of Sparta, and Greece, in the two centuries when the polis was at the peak of its influence, extending also into the period of its waning. The book closes with an analysis of ‘imaginary Sparta’ and the ways the Spartan legend has been employed in the shaping of various identities from the early modern era to the present. 2024-02-19T15:14:46Z 2024-02-19T15:14:46Z 2022 book ONIX_20240219_9783631878095_4 9783631878095 9783631878255 9783631878262 9783631868324 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/87764 eng Studies in Classical Literature and Culture application/pdf n/a 9783631878095.pdf https://www.peterlang.com/downloadpdf/title/65707 Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 10.3726/b19682 10.3726/b19682 e927e604-2954-4bf6-826b-d5ecb47c6555 9783631878095 9783631878255 9783631878262 9783631868324 14 480 Bern open access
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SHS-Award for the best book in Ancient History in 2022 of the Polish Society for Ancient Studies. Richly illustrated with citations from ancient authors, the book Sparta introduces the reader to the universe of a polis which in the fifth and fourth century BC was a Greek superpower. Part I describes Sparta’s political institutions and mechanisms of governance, the structure of its society, the family, education, lifestyle and, naturally, the organization of the Spartan army and military life. Part II is an outline of the history of Sparta, and Greece, in the two centuries when the polis was at the peak of its influence, extending also into the period of its waning. The book closes with an analysis of ‘imaginary Sparta’ and the ways the Spartan legend has been employed in the shaping of various identities from the early modern era to the present.
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