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Athens and Sparta (Paperback)
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Athens and Sparta were the two leading powers in the Classical
Greek world. They represented entirely different systems of social
organization: oligarchic conservatism at Sparta versus radical
democracy at Athens. There was continuing ideological rivalry,
culminating in the Peloponnesian War, a central event in Greek
history. This text focuses on the image of rival societies, as
Athens and Sparta have been perceived, by contemporaries, by later
Greeks, during the Roman period and beyond. The topics covered
include education, land-holding, the division of the sexes, the
buildings of Athens, the development of Spartan traditional customs
to meet the demands of the Roman tourist trade, and the
relationship between imperialism and democracy, in antiquity and
today. There is also an examination of the way in which the
Peloponnesian War was constructed, if not invented, by its
historian, Thucydides. The book is part of the "Classical World"
series, which explores the culture and achievement of the
civilizations of Rome. It is designed for students and teachers of
Classical Civilization.
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