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Democritus (Great Philosophers)
by Paul Cartledge
Philosophy is one of the most intimidating and difficult of disciplines, as any of its students can attest. This book is an important entry in a distinctive new series from Routledge: The Great Philosophers. Breaking down obstacles to understanding the ideas of history's greatest thinkers, these... (learn more about this book)
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Money, Labour and Land in Ancient Greece: Approaches to the Economics of Ancient Greece (Routledge Classical Monographs)
by Paul Cartledge
Drawing on comparative historical and anthropological approaches, sociological, economic and cultural theory, and developments in epigraphy, legal history, numismatics and spatial archaeology, this volume will be of interest to all students and scholars of ancient economies. (learn more about this book)
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Agesilaos and the Crisis of Sparta
by Paul Cartledge
As one of the two Spartan kings, Agesilaos II presided over Sparta's greatest imperial expansion and its collapse as a major power. At his accession in 400 BC, Sparta had recently defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War and was the undisputed leader of the Aegean Greek world; at the time of his... (learn more about this book)
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The Greeks : A Portrait of Self and Others
by Paul Cartledge
Who were the Classical Greeks? This book provides an original and challenging answer by exploring how Greeks (adult, male, citizen) defined themselves in opposition to a whole series of others (non-Greeks, women, slaves, non-citizens, and gods) as presented by supposedly objective historians of... (learn more about this book)
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Very Short Introductions: Book 286Ancient Greece
A History in Eleven Cities
by Paul Cartledge
The contribution of the ancient Greeks to modern western culture is incalculable. In the worlds of art, architecture, myth, literature, and philosophy, the world we live in would be unrecognizable without the formative influence of ancient Greek models. This highly original and stimulating... (learn more about this book)
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The Landmark Thucydides (1996)
A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
by Thucydides, Richard Crawley, Robert B. Strassler
Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta "a possession for all time," and indeed it is the first and still most famous work in the Western historical tradition. Considered essential reading for generals, statesmen, and liberally educated citizens for more than... (learn more about this book)
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Hiero the Tyrant and Other Treatises
by Robin Waterfield, Xenophon, Paul Cartledge
A look at leadership from a celebrated student of Socrates One of Socrates’ disciples in his youth, Xenophon fought as a mercenary in Persia, traveled widely, and later wrote a broad range of works on history, politics, and philosophy. These six treatises offer his remarkable insights... (learn more about this book)
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Hellenistic and Roman Sparta (States and Cities of Ancient Greece)
by Antony Spawforth, Paul Cartledge
This original and compelling account of later Spartan history challenges the conventional misperception of Spartan "decline" after the loss of her status as a great power on the battlefield in 371 BC. In this thorougly revised and updated edition, Paul Cartledge and Antony Spawforth have used... (learn more about this book)
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A History of Greece (Works in Ancient Philosophy)
by George Grote, M. Cary, Paul Cartledge
'The author is not surpassed...in intimate and accurate acquaintance with the whole field of Greek literature and antiquity; while none of his predecessors have approached to him in the amount of philosophy and general mental accomplishment which he has brought to bear upon the subject' - J. S.... (learn more about this book)
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