Sparta

Resource Information

The work Sparta represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Swedenborg Library, Bryn Athyn College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Sparta

Statement of responsibility

edited by Michael Whitby

Contributor

• Whitby, Michael

Subject

• 404-362 B.C
• Citizenship
• Citizenship -- Greece | Sparta (Extinct city)
• Economic history
• Greece
• Greece -- History -- Spartan and Theban Supremacies, 404-362 B.C
• Greece -- Sparta (Extinct city)
• History
• International law
• Manners and customs
• Sparta (Extinct city) -- Economic conditions
• Sparta (Extinct city) -- History
• Sparta (Extinct city) -- International status
• Sparta (Extinct city) -- Social life and customs

Genre

• History

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng

Summary

This volume introduces the reader to every important aspect of the society of Sparta, the dominant power in southern Greece from the seventh century B.C. and the great rival of democratic Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries. Michael Whitby introduces and presents some of the most outstanding contributions to the history of Sparta. Together they cover they key aspects of Spartan history and society, and encourage readers to formulate their own approaches and judgements

Member of

• Edinburgh readings on the ancient world

Cataloging source

ESR

Dewey number

938.9

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Edinburgh readings on the ancient world