Sparta: Comparative Approaches.

Hodkinson, Stephen (ed.):

ISBN 10: 1905125380 / ISBN 13: 9781905125388

Published by Swansea : Classical Press of Wales, 2009

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XXXIII, 502 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Minimally rubbed, otherwise very good. / Minimal berieben, sonst sehr gut. - Contributors: Timothy Barnes, Andrew J. Bayliss, Dorothy M. Figueira, Thomas J. Figueira, Michael A. Flower, Mogens Herman Hansen, Rosie Harman, Stephen Hodkinson, Lydia Langerwerf, Stefan Link, Nino Luraghi, Ellen Millender, Adam Rabinowitz, James Roy. - Both in antiquity and in modern scholarship, classical Sparta has been viewed as an exceptional society, markedly different from other Greek city-states. That view has recently come under challenge. This is the first book devoted to this lively controversy. Historians from Britain, Europe and the USA present different sides of the argument, with a variety of comparative approaches. Topics include kingship and hegemonic structures, education and common meals, religion, helotage and ethnography. The volume concludes with a wide-ranging debate on the overall question of whether Sparta was a normal or exceptional polis. ISBN 9781905125388 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1031 Original hardcover with dust jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sparta: Comparative Approaches.
• Publisher: Swansea : Classical Press of Wales
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905125380
• ISBN 13: 9781905125388
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Gut
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 1031 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Both in antiquity and in modern scholarship, classical Sparta has typically been viewed as an exceptional society, different in many respects from other Greek city-states. This view has recently come under challenge from revisionist historians, led by Stephen Hodkinson. This is the first book devoted explicitly to this lively historical controversy. Historians from Britain, Europe and the USA present different sides of the argument, using a variety of comparative approaches. The focus includes kingship and hegemonic structures, education and commensality, religious institutions and practice, helotage and ethnography. The volume concludes with a wide-ranging debate between Hodkinson and Mogens Herman Hansen (Director of the Copenhagen Polis Centre), on the overall question of whether Sparta was a normal or an exceptional polis.

About the Author

Stephen Hodkinson is Director of the Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies, University of Nottingham, UK.