Democracy: A Life

paul-cartledge

Oxford University Press

In 480 B.C., a huge Persian army, led by the inimitable King Xerxes, entered the mountain pass of Thermopylae to march on Greece, intending to conquer the land with little difficulty. But the Greeks, led by King Leonidas and a small army of Spartans, took the battle to the Persians at Thermopylae and halted their advance--almost. It is one of history's most acclaimed battles, one of civilization's greatest last stands. 
Renowned classical historian Paul Cartledge looks anew at this history-altering moment and shows how its repercussions affect us even today. The invasion of Europe by Xerxes and his army redefined culture, kingdom, and class. The valiant efforts of the Greek warriors, facing a huge onrushing Persian army at the narrow pass at Thermopylae, changed the way future generations would think about combat, courage, and death.

Thermopylae

History

Ancient Civilizations

Pan.

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Alexander the Great

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

PAN (MACM)

A comprehensive account of ancient Sparta over the eight centuries or so following her loss of "great power" status on the battlefield in 371BC. "Hellenistic and Roman Sparta" should be of interest to all those concerned with classical studies, as well as to the non-specialist reader attracted by the ambiguous repetition of this notorious city. Paul Cartledge and Antony Spawforth provide an analysis of social, political and economic changes in the Spartan community which challenges the conventional perception of Spartan "decline" in post-Classical antiquity.

Hellenistic and Roman Sparta : a tale of two cities

Antony Spawforth

Other

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

Democritus: The Great Philosophers (The Great Philosophers Series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Routledge

Who were the classical Greeks? Paul Cartledge examines the Greeks in terms of their own self-image, mainly as it was presented by the supposedly objective historians - Herodotus, Thucydides and Xenophon. The Greeks were the inventors of history as it is understood today, just as they are the cultural ancestors of the West in so many other ways. Yet their historiography remained rooted in myth. The mental and material context of many of the inventions of Greek achievement which are rightly treasured today - especially democracy, philosophy and theatre, as well as history - was often deeply alien to today's way of thinking and acting. The aim of this book is to probe fully that achievement, principally using a typical Greek mode of conceptualization - polarity or binary opposition. It explores in depth how the dominant - adult, male, citizen - Greeks sought, with limited success, to define themselves unambiguously in polar opposition to a whole series of "others" - non-Greeks, women, non-citizens, slaves and gods. Colin Burrow is co-editor of the "Key Themes in Ancient History" series.

The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

BBC Worldwide

Agesilaos and the Crisis of Sparta

An account of a critical period of Greek history, focusing on a single career.

Agesilaos and the crisis of Sparta

Gerald Duckworth Co Ltd

Democritus (Great Philosophers S.)

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

THERMOPYLAE: THE BATTLE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

Macmillan

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