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Sparta: The Body Politic (Sparta and its Influence) - Hardcover

Hodkinson, Stephen

 
9781905125388: Sparta: The Body Politic (Sparta and its Influence)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1905125380 ISBN 13: 9781905125388
Publisher: Classical Press of Wales, 2010

Synopsis

Both in antiquity and in modern scholarship, classical Sparta has typically been viewed as an exceptional society, different in many respects from other Greek city-states. This view has recently come under challenge from revisionist historians, led by Stephen Hodkinson. This is the first book devoted explicitly to this lively historical controversy. Historians from Britain, Europe and the USA present different sides of the argument, using a variety of comparative approaches. The focus includes kingship and hegemonic structures, education and commensality, religious institutions and practice, helotage and ethnography. The volume concludes with a wide-ranging debate between Hodkinson and Mogens Herman Hansen (Director of the Copenhagen Polis Centre), on the overall question of whether Sparta was a normal or an exceptional polis.

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About the Author

Stephen Hodkinson is an internationally recognised authority on Sparta and the founder of the University of Nottingham's Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies. Author of numerous influential studies on Greek history, his Property and Wealth in Classical Sparta (2000) is the leading work in its field. He has been made an Honorary Citizen of modern Sparta for his contributions to the global understanding of Spartan history. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at the University of Nottingham.

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Publisher
Classical Press of Wales
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1905125380
ISBN 13 
9781905125388
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
502