Myth, text, and history at Sparta / edited by Thomas Figueira.

"Myth, Text, and History at Sparta unites three studies that offer close readings concerning the interaction of the source material on Spartan history with the unfolding of actual historical events. These contributions take the position that not only political, but also social, policies at Sparta, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Gorgias studies in classical and late antiquity ; 18.
Other Authors: Figueira, Thomas J. (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press LLC, 2016.
Series:Gorgias studies in classical and late antiquity ; 18.
Subjects:
Sparta (Extinct city) > History > Sources.
Sparta (Extinct city) > Historiography.
Sparta (Extinct city) > Politics and government.
Sparta (Extinct city) > Social policy.
Myth > Political aspects > Greece > Sparta (Extinct city) > History.
Myth > Social aspects > Greece > Sparta (Extinct city) > History.
Memory > Political aspects > Greece > Sparta (Extinct city) > History.
Memory > Social aspects > Greece > Sparta (Extinct city) > History.
Collective memory > Greece > Sparta (Extinct city) > History.
Ideology > Greece > Sparta (Extinct city) > History.
Genre:
Sources.
Physical Description:viii, 343 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction / Thomas Figueira
  • Politeia and Lakonika in Spartan historiography / Thomas Figueira
  • The Lysandreia / Aaron J. Beck-Schachter
  • Getting carried away with Theseus : the evolution and partisan use of the Athenian abduction of Spartan Helen / Aaron Hershkowitz.