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Sparta

Sparta

Sparta

2nd Edition
M. G. L. Cooley, Warwick School
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9781009382731
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    This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series offers a generous selection of primary texts on Sparta, with accompanying maps, illustrations, glossary, chronology and explanatory notes. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in English translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers. The texts selected include extracts from the important literary sources but also numerous inscriptions, many of these being otherwise difficult for students to access.

    • Includes a generous selection of texts in new translations to give the student quick and convenient access to the primary sources needed for their study of Sparta
    • This volume includes a glossary, chronology, maps, illustrations and explanatory notes to help the student better understand the sources
    • Written and reviewed by experienced teachers at schools and universities to ensure it provides exactly what students of ancient history require

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    Table of Contents

    • 1. Section A: Sparta from contemporary Spartan poetry
    • 2. Section B: historical inscriptions relating to Sparta
    • 3. Section C: Sparta in religion and religious festivals
    • 4. Section D: Spartan institutions in theory
    • 5. Section E: Spartan institutions in practice. 6. Section F: the Spartan mirage
    • 7. Section G: contemporary Athenian views of Sparta
    • 8. Section H: an historical overview
    • 9. Section K: Sparta and Lakonia.
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      Editor and Translator
    • M. G. L. Cooley , Warwick School