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Book Description hardcover. Condition: New. HARDCOVER, BRAND NEW, Perfect Shape, No Remainder Mark,Fast Shipping With Online Tracking, International Orders shipped Global Priority Air Mail, All orders handled with care and shipped promptly in secure packaging, we ship Mon-Sat and send shipment confirmation emails. Our customer service is friendly, we answer emails fast, accept returns and work hard to deliver 100% Customer Satisfaction!. Seller Inventory # 9078802
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This is a New and Unread copy of the first edition (1st Printing). In a new dust jacket. Illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings. The Spartans from Utopia to Crisis and Collapse. Includes Index. Bibliography. NOT a remainder copy. Seller Inventory # 054650
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Quarto binding with olive boards and balck spine with gilt lettering on spine. Binding is tight. Corners are sharp. Content is clean, no markings. Includes: 4 maps, 27 black/white Illustrations. Contents, Timeline, Appendix, Notes, Select Bibliography, Index. 304 p. 6.04 x 9 x 1 inches. 1.27 lb. DJ is in pristine condition. This copy has not been read/open. Seller Inventory # 040624
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. 1. The Spartans is a compelling narrative that explores the culture and civilization of the most famous "warrior people": the Spartans of ancient Greece, by the world's leading expert in the field. Sparta has often been described as the original Utopia--a remarkably evolved society whose warrior heroes were forbidden any other trade, profession, or business. As a people, the Spartans were the living exemplars of such core values as duty, discipline, the nobility of arms in a cause worth dying for, sacrificing the individual for the greater good of the community (illustrated by their role in the battle of Thermopylae), and the triumph of will over seemingly insuperable obstacles--qualities that today are frequently believed to signify the ultimate heroism. Paul Cartledge is the distinguished scholar and historian who has long been seen as the leading international authority on ancient Sparta. He traces the evolution of Spartan society--the culture and the people, as well as the tremendous influence they had on their world and even ours. He details throughout the narrative the lives of such illustrious and myth-making figures as Lycurgus, King Leonidas, Helen of Troy (and Sparta), and Lysander, and explains how the Spartans, although they placed a high value on masculine ideals, nevertheless allowed women an unusually dominant and powerful role--unlike Athenian culture with which the Spartans are so often compared. In resurrecting the ancient culture and society of the Spartans, Cartledge delves deep into ancient texts and archeological sources and complements his text with illustrations that depict original Spartan artifacts and drawings, as well as examples of representational paintings from the Renaissance onwards--including J.L. David's famously brooding "Leonidas." This illuminating volume that ties in with the PBS television series of the same name, airing in the summer of 2003. Booklist called Cartledge's The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization, a companion to the PBS series, "superb," while The International History Review called Cartledge's The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece "an original and insightful work." Seller Inventory # DADAX1585674028
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition stated 2003, first printing, numbers line starts with 1. Published by Overlook Books. Hardcover with DJ. Condition new, square, tight and crisp book, no edgewear, corners not bumped, no markings of any kind, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. DJ new, no edgewear, no tears, no chips, price not clipped. 8vo, 304 pages. Seller Inventory # 009968
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