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The Greek superpower : Sparta in the self-definitions of Athenians /

Sparta, notoriously, was for Greeks the greatest Hellenic military, or moral, power for most of the fifth, as well as the early fourth, century. For Greek intellectuals Sparta's value as inspiration, or indeed model, far surpassed that of the Athenian demokratia. Leading politicians of Athens,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Cartledge, Paul (Editor), Powell, Anton (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Swansea : The Classical Press of Wales, 2018.
Series:Sparta and its influence.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Anton Powell, Introductory note ; Foreword, Paul Cartledge ; Paula Debnar, Sparta in Pericles' Funeral oration ; Ellen Millender, Athens, Sparta and the techne of deliberation ; Anton Powell, Athens as new Sparta? Lakonism and the Athenian revolution of 404-3 BC ; Michael Scott, Viewing Sparta through Athenian engagement with art and architecture ; Edith Hall, Euripides, Sparta and the self-definition of Athens ; Ralph M. Rosen, Sparta and Spartans in Old Comedy ; Carol Atack, Imagined superpowers: Isocrates' opposition of Athens and Sparta ; Fritz-Gregor Herrmann, Spartan echoes in Plato's Republic ; Malcolm Schofield, Aristotle's critique of Spartan imperialism.