Sparta

The history of Sparta is increasingly seen as important, not only for its own sake but also for understanding Athenian literature and the political history of numerous Greek states. Traditional approaches to Sparta are now being supplemented by contributions from archaeology and the social sciences. The renewed interest in Sparta is international. The volume includes, for the first time, original contributions from most of the world's leading authorities on Spartan history.

The history of Sparta is increasingly seen as important, not only for its own sake but also for understanding Athenian literature and the political history of numerous Greek states. Traditional approaches to Sparta are now being supplemented by contributions from archaeology and the social sciences. The renewed interest in Sparta is international. The volume includes, for the first time, original contributions from most of the world's leading authorities on Spartan history.

IntroductionStephen Hodkinson PART I. SPARTIATE INSTITUTIONS AND SOCIETY 1. Tyrtaeus' Eunomia: Nothing to do with the Great RhetraHans van Wees 2. Perspectives on Spartan education in the classical periodJean Ducat Translated by Emma Stafford 3. Admission to the syssitia in fifth-century SpartaH.W. Singor 4. Aidos at SpartaNicolas Richer Translated by Emma Stafford 5. Sparta's kosmos of silenceEphraim David PART II: SPARTANS AND THE OUTSIDE WORLD 6. An agonistic culture? Athletic competition in archaic and classical Spartan societyStephen Hodkinson 7. From Perioikoi to Poleis: The Laconian cities in the late hellenistic periodNigel Kennell 8. The evolution of the Messenian identityThomas Figueira 9. From Sparta to Taras: Nomima, ktiseis and relationships between colony and mother cityMassimo Nafissi 10. Olympiad chronography and 'Early' Spartan historyP.-J. Shaw PART III: REPRESENTATIONS OF SPARTAN SOCIETY 11. The Socratics' Sparta and Rousseau'sPaul Cartledge 12. Sophrosyne and the Spartans in XenophonNoreen Humble 13. Athenian ideology and the empowered Spartan womanEllen Greenstein Millender 14. Spartan women assertive in politics? Plutarch's Lives of Agis and KleomenesAnton Powell Index