Rostovtzeff, Mikhail I.MareMagnum
Powell, Anton & Stephen HodkinsonBiblio.com
THE SHADOW OF SPARTA
1994Best.-Nr. 17602Routledge / Classical Press of Wales. Near Fine with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Inscribed in pen to Mark Golden by Stephen Hodkinson on ffep. Light shelfwear.; 408 pages; The past 20 years have witnessed a revival of interest in the study of Sparta. The early 20th-century images of Spartans as hearty good fellows or scarlet-cloaked automata have been superceded by more complex scholarly interpretations of this obscure civilization. The mystery surrounding Sparta has been instrumental in shaping scholarship on the subject. Historians have taken as much interest in the myths and disinformation attached to Sparta as they have in the truth about their city-state. The studies in this volume provide insights into the traditional question of what actually happened at Sparta. Yet the implications of this work go far beyond Laconia to focus on some of the most studied of Greek writers showing how Athenians defined the achievement or the failure of their own city.; Signed by One Author . 1994. 0415104130 . Routledge / Classical Press of Wales hardcover
