Spartan Reflections

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Summary

Thirteen essays by an acknowledged maestro of Sparta studies.

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List of Plates	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Sparta-Watching
'Sparta-Watching': General Introduction	p. 3
Polity, Politics and Political Thought
City and Chora in Sparta: Archaic to Hellenistic	p. 9
The Peculiar Position of Sparta in the Development of the Greek City-State	p. 21
Literacy in the Spartan Oligarchy	p. 39
The Spartan Kingship: Doubly Odd?	p. 55
Comparatively Equal: A Spartan Approach	p. 68
Society, Economy and Warfare
A Spartan Education	p. 79
The Politics of Spartan Pederasty	p. 91
Spartan Wives: Liberation or Licence?	p. 106
Rebels and Sambos in Classical Greece: A Comparative View	p. 127
The Birth of the Hoplite: Sparta's Contribution to Early Greek Military Organization	p. 153
The Mirage Re-Viewed
The Mirage of Lykourgan Sparta: Some Brazen Reflections	p. 169
The Importance of Being Dorian: An Onomastic Gloss on the Hellenism of Oscar Wilde	p. 185
Notes	p. 193
Bibliography	p. 231
Index Locorum	p. 264
General Index	p. 268
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