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• Powell, Anton,

Titel

A companion to Sparta

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• THEi Wiley ebooks.

Auflage

1st ed

Ort / Verlag

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Blackwell,

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

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• Wiley Online Library - AutoHoldings Books

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• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Intro -- Volume 1 -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword by Paul Cartledge -- Preface -- Part I Reconstructing Sparta: General -- Chapter 1 Sparta: Reconstructing History from Secrecy, Lies and Myth -- 1.1 Ancient - and Modern - Views of Sparta -- 1.2 Secrecy, Lies and Detailed Stories -- 1.3 Spartan Storytelling -- 1.4 Constructing History from Spartan Propaganda -- 1.5 Sparta Abroad - and Exposed -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Sparta: An Exceptional Domination of State over Society? -- 2.1 Changing and Contested Modern Views -- 2.2 Problems with the Ancient Sources -- 2.3 An Exceptional Domination of State over Society? -- 2.4 Did the State Determine Spartiate Society and Citizen Life? -- 2.5 Spartiate Citizens and their Household Affairs -- 2.6 Totalitarian State, Multiplicity of Koinōniai, Plutocratic Society? -- 2.7 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Part II Origins: From Pre-Classical to Classical Culture -- Chapter 3 An Archaeology of Ancient Sparta with Reference to Laconia and Messenia -- 3.1 Dark Age Laconia and Messenia c.1200-700 bc -- 3.2 The Archaic Period c.700-500 bc -- 3.3 The Classical Period c.500-300 bc -- 3.4 The Hellenistic and Roman Periods c.300 bc-ad 400 -- 3.5 Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 Lykourgos the Spartan "Lawgiver": Ancient Beliefs and Modern Scholarship -- 4.1 From the "Great" Rhētra to Herodotos -- 4.2 Lykourgos and the Delphic Oracle -- 4.3 Genealogy and Chronology: Lykourgos the Regent -- 4.4 Lykourgos' Revolutions -- 4.5 Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Further Reading -- Chapter 5 I Laconian Pottery -- 5.1 The Protogeometric and Geometric Styles -- 5.2 Laconian I: The Age of Experiment -- 5.3 Laconian II: The Introduction of Black-Figure -- 5.4 The Developed Laconian Black-Figure Style.
• 5.5 The First Generation of Laconian Black-Figure Potters and Painters -- 5.6 The Second Half of the Sixth Century bc -- 5.7 The Diffusion and Function of Laconian Black-Figure -- 5.8 The Laconian Black-Glazed Pottery -- 5.9 The Laconian Red-Figure Style -- 5.10 Laconian Vase Iconography -- Bibliography -- Guide to Further Reading -- Chapter 6 Laconian Art -- 6.1 Definition of a Laconian Style -- 6.2 The Conventions of Human Representation in the Seventh to Sixth Centuries -- 6.3 Which Artists? -- 6.4 What Trade? -- 6.5 What History? -- Bibliography -- Further Reading -- Chapter 7 Pre-Classical Sparta as Song Culture -- 7.1 Pre-Classical Sparta as 'Song Culture' -- 7.2 Musical Reforms and Opportunities (Festivals and War) -- 7.3 Alkman the Political Poet: The Civic Cults -- 7.4 Alkman as khorodidaskalos: the Partheneia -- 7.5 Alkman at the Banquet: The 'Syssitia' -- 7.6 Tyrtaios the Citizen-Soldier and Elegiac Paraenesis -- 7.7 A Political Culture of Musical Performance -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 8 Luxury, Austerity and Equality in Sparta -- 8.1 The 'Most Revolutionary' Reform (Plut. Lyk. 8.1): Equality of Property -- 8.2 'Modern Simplicity': Restriction of Display -- 8.3 Conclusion: The Double Life of Spartans -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Chapter 9 The Common Messes -- 9.1 The 'Finest' Reform (Plut. Lyk. 10.1): Legendary Origins of the Messes -- 9.2 Forms of Commensality in Classical Sparta -- 9.3 The Origins of the Classical Messes -- 9.4 Conclusion: Militarism, Egalitarianism and the Common Messes -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Part III Political and Military History: The Classical Period and Beyond -- Chapter 10 Sparta and the Persian Wars, 499-478 -- 10.1 Four Kings and a Queen -- 10.2 Greek Alliance and Spartan Hegemony -- 10.3 Thermopylai to Plataia -- 10.4 The Use of the Victory -- Notes -- Bibliography.
• Further Reading -- Chapter 11 Sparta's Foreign - and Internal - History, 478-403 -- 11.1 After the Persian Invasion: Sparta's Difficulties as the Greek Superpower -- 11.2 Clashing with Athens: The 'First Peloponnesian War', c.458-446/5 -- 11.3 Uneasy Peace between Sparta and Athens, 446/5-431 -- 11.4 The Peloponnesian War of 431-404 -- 11.5 Sparta's Decisions of 404-3: To Annihilate or Spare Athens? -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 12 The Empire of the Spartans (404-371) -- 12.1 The Zenith of Spartan Power: 404-394 -- 12.2 The So-Called Corinthian War and the Peace of Antalkidas (395-386) -- 12.3 Heading for the Fall? (378-371) -- 12.4 Agesilaos or the Spartans? The Spartans or the Lakedaimonians? -- 12.5 Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 13 Sparta and the Peloponnese from the Archaic Period to 362 bc -- 13.1 The Peloponnese -- 13.2 The Beginning of the Peloponnesian League -- 13.3 The Peloponnese in the Sixth Century -- 13.4 Non-Political Contacts Between Sparta and the Rest of the Peloponnese -- 13.5 From the 480s to the 430s -- 13.6 Tensions Between Sparta and the Peloponnesian Allies -- 13.7 From the Peloponnesian War to Leuktra -- 13.8 The Aftermath of Leuktra -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Further Reading -- Chapter 14 From Leuktra to Nabis, 371-192 -- 14.1 Introduction: 371-192 -- 14.2 Prelude to Leuktra -- 14.3 The Aftermath of Leuktra -- 14.4 Archidamos to Eudamidas -- 14.5 Areus and Hellenistic Monarchy -- 14.6 The Age of Reform -- 14.7 The End of Autonomy -- 14.8 Afterword -- Bibliography -- Further Reading -- Chapter 15 Sparta in the Roman Period -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Roman Sparta: A Political Exception? -- 15.3 The Mythical Foundations of a Social Order -- 15.4 The City and its Values -- 15.5 Religious Practices and Civic Identity -- Bibliography -- Further Reading -- Volume 2 -- Title Page.
• Copyright Page -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Part IV Culture, Society and Economy: The Classical Period and Beyond -- Chapter 16 Spartan Religion -- 16.1 What is Spartan Religion? -- 16.2 Belief -- 16.3 Sacred Space -- 16.4 World-View, Ethos, and Key Symbols -- 16.5 Festivals and the Performance of Ritual -- 16.6 Women and Religion -- 16.7 Gods and Heroes -- 16.8 The Myth of the Divine Lawgiver -- Bibliography -- Further Reading -- Chapter 17 Kingship: The History, Power, and Prerogatives of the Spartans' 'Divine' Dyarchy -- 17.1 The Sources -- 17.2 A Brief Overview of the Dyarchy -- 17.3 Collegial and Constitutional Limits on Royal Power -- 17.4 Dynamic Dyarchs: Kleomenes I and Agesilaos II -- 17.5 The Roots of Royal Power -- 17.6 Spartan Kingship in the Hellenistic Period -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 18 Equality and Distinction within the Spartiate Community -- 18.1 Sparta's Exceptional Egalitarianism -- 18.2 The Kala and the Communal Upbringing -- 18.3 'Graduation' and the Mess -- 18.4 Merit versus Esteem: The Hippeis -- 18.5 Politics and the Spartan Elite -- 18.6 Patronage and Military Command -- 18.7 Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 19 Spartan Women -- 19.1 Myth, Mirage, and Sources -- 19.2 Education and Initiation -- 19.3 Marital and Sexual Mores -- 19.4 Land Ownership, Wealth, and Economic Power -- 19.5 Gynecocracy? -- 19.6 Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 20 Spartan Education in the Classical Period -- 20.1 Introduction -- 20.2 The Stages of Training -- 20.3 An Organization which Concerns the Whole City -- 20.4 Training Young People in the Service of the City -- 20.5 The Education of Girls -- 20.6 Conclusion: A Complex System -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 21 Sparta and Athletics -- 21.1 Introduction: Sources and Definitions.
• 21.2 Spartan Sports in the Classical Period: Boys' and Men's Sports -- 21.3 Spartan Sports in the Classical Period: Girls' Sports -- 21.4 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Further Reading -- Chapter 22 Helotage and the Spartan Economy -- 22.1 Helotage: The Basic Features -- 22.2 Beginnings -- 22.3 The Helot Allotments and Rents -- 22.4 Messes and Dues -- 22.5 Population and Land Tenure -- 22.6 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Further Reading -- Chapter 24 The Perioikoi -- 23.1 The Perioikic City-states -- 23.2 The Perioikic Cities, Independence and Dependence: The Military Aspects -- 23.3 The Perioikoi and Spartan Kings -- 23.4 Sparta and the Internal Affairs of Perioikic Poleis -- 23.5 The Role of the Perioikoi in Lakedaimon as a Whole -- Bibliography -- Further Reading -- Chapter 24 Roads and Quarries in Laconia -- 24.1 Introduction -- 24.2 Roads in Laconia -- 24.3 The Laconian Network -- 24.4 Laconian Roads: Conclusions -- 24.5 Roads in Greece and Elsewhere -- 24.6 Conclusions -- 24.7 Laconian Quarries -- 24.8 Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 25 Spartan Cultural Memory in the Roman Period -- Bibliography -- Further Reading -- Part V Reception of Sparta in Recent Centuries -- Chapter 26 The Literary Reception of Sparta in France -- 26.1 Pre-Enlightenment -- 26.2 Rollin and Montesquieu -- 26.3 Mably and Rousseau -- 26.4 The Encyclopédie -- 26.5 The Philosophes -- 26.6 The French Revolution -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 27 Reception of Sparta in Germany and German-Speaking Europe -- 27.1 Sparta Rediviva: The Early Modern Period -- 27.2 The Rise of Altertumswissenschaften: Sparta in the Nineteenth Century -- 27.3 The Hellas of the German People: The Image of Sparta from 1900 to 1933 -- 27.4 Adolf Hitler's Sparta: The Dorian Polity in National Socialist Germany -- 27.5 A Topic for Very Few Specialists: Sparta after 1945.
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