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A Companion to Sparta umfasst zwei Bände und präsentiert erstmals umfassend Essays unterschiedlichster Autoren über sämtliche Aspekte der Geschichte und Gesellschaft Spartas, von den Anfängen in den Dunklen Jahrhunderten Griechenlands bis zum Römischen Kaiserreich.
- Bietet eine klare und umfassende Einführung in sämtliche Aspekte von Sparta als eine Gemeinschaft, die von Städten aus dieser Zeit als eine der einflussreichsten Mächte im klassischen Griechenland angesehen wurde.
- Präsentiert ausführlich die Geschichte und Kultur Spartas in Beiträgen internationaler Autoren, darunter nahezu alle Experten und Wissenschaftler des Fachgebiets.
- Enthält über ein Dutzend Abbildungen zur Kunst Spartas, die die Entwicklung des alltäglichen Lebens in Sparta zeigen.
- Beleuchtet die heutige Kontroverse über Veränderungen in der Gesellschaft Spartas, von der archaischen bis zur klassischen Periode, aus einem neuen Blickwinkel.
List of contents
Notes on Contributors ix
Foreword by Paul Cartledge xii
Preface xvii
PART I Reconstructing Sparta: General 1 1 Sparta: Reconstructing History from Secrecy, Lies and Myth 3
Anton Powell 2 Sparta: An Exceptional Domination of State over Society? 29
Stephen Hodkinson PART II Origins: From Pre-Classical to Classical Culture 59 3 An Archaeology of Ancient Sparta with Reference to Laconia and Messenia 61
William Cavanagh 4 Lykourgos the Spartan "Lawgiver": Ancient Beliefs and Modern Scholarship 93
Massimo Nafissi 5 Laconian Pottery 124
Maria Pipili 6 Laconian Art 154
Francise Prost (Translated by James Roy) 7 Pre?]Classical Sparta as Song Culture 177
Claude Calame (Translated by James Roy) 8 Luxury, Austerity and Equality in Sparta 202
Hans van Wees 9 The Common Messes 236
Hans van Wees PART III Political and Military History: The Classical Period and Beyond 269
10 Sparta and the Persian Wars, 499-478 271
Marcello Lupi 11 Sparta's Foreign - and Internal - History 478-403 291
Anton Powell 12 The Empire of the Spartans (404-371) 320
Françoise Ruzé(Translated by Anton Powell) 13 Sparta and the Peloponnese from the Archaic Period to 362 bc 354
James Roy 14 From Leuktra to Nabis, 371-192 374
Daniel Stewart 15 Sparta in the Roman Period 403
Yves Lafond(Translated by Anton Powell) Notes on Contributors ix
PART IV Culture, Society and Economy: The Classical Period and Beyond 423 16 Spartan Religion 425
Michael A. Flower 17 Kingship: The History, Power, and Prerogatives of the Spartans' 'Divine' Dyarchy 452
Ellen G. Millender 18 Equality and Distinction within the Spartiate Community 480
Philip Davies 19 Spartan Women 500
Ellen G. Millender 20 Spartan Education in the Classical Period 525
Nicolas Richer (Translated by Anton Powell) 21 Sparta and Athletics 543
Paul Christesen 22 Helotage and the Spartan Economy 565
Thomas Figueira 23 The Perioikoi 596
Jean Ducat(Translated by Anton Powell) 24 Roads and Quarries in Laconia 615
Jacqueline Christien (Translated by Christopher Annandale and Anton Powell) 25 Spartan Cultural Memory in the Roman Period 643
Nigel M. Kennell PART V Reception of Sparta in Recent Centuries 663 26 The Literary Reception of Sparta in France 665
Haydn Mason 27 Reception of Sparta in Germany and German?]Speaking Europe 685
Stefan Rebenich 28 Reception of Sparta in North America: Eighteenth to Twenty?]First Centuries 704
Sean R. Jensen 29 Sparta and the Imperial Schools of Britain: Comparisons 723
Anton Powell Bibliography 760
Index
About the author
Anton Powell is Director of the Classical Press of Wales, and an internationally recognized authority on Sparta, Athens, and the Roman Revolution. He founded the International Sparta Seminar, and co-edited a succession of collective volumes which have contributed to the revival and reshaping of Spartan studies. Powell is the author of
Athens and Sparta, Third Edition, and editor of
Classical Sparta, Sparta at War, and
Sparta: The Body Politic, among others.
Summary
The two-volume A Companion to Sparta presents the first comprehensive, multi-authored series of essays to address all aspects of Spartan history and society from its origins in the Greek Dark Ages to the late Roman Empire.
