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Author
Publisher
Abrams Press, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
" Among the extensive writing available about the history of ancient Greece, there is precious little about the city-state of Thebes. At one point the most powerful city in ancient Greece, Thebes has been long overshadowed by its better-known rivals, Athens and Sparta. In Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece, acclaimed classicist and historian Paul Cartledge brings the city vividly to life and argues that it is central to our understanding...
2) The Spartans: the world of the warrior-heroes of ancient Greece, from utopia to crisis and collapse
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Traces the history of the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, describes its distinctive military society and the unusual freedom of Spartan women, and discusses the influence which its culture has had on later civilizations.
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Paul Cartledge, one of the world's foremost scholars of ancient Greece, illuminates the brief but iconic life of Alexander (356-323 b.c.), king of Macedon, conqueror of the Persian Empire, and founder of a new world order. Alexander's legacy has had a major impact on military tacticians, scholars, statesmen, adventurers, authors, and filmmakers. Cartledge brilliantly evokes Alexander's remarkable political and military accomplishments, cutting through...
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 286
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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