Anton Powell is Director of the Classical Press of Wales, and an internationally recognized authority on Sparta, Athens, and the Roman Revolution. He founded the International Sparta Seminar, and co-edited a succession of collective volumes which have contributed to the revival and reshaping of Spartan studies. Powell is the author of Athens and Sparta, Third Edition, and editor of Classical Sparta, Sparta at War, and Sparta: The Body Politic, among others.

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• Notes on Contributors - Volume 1 xiNotes on Contributors - Volume 2 xivForeword by Paul Cartledge xviiPreface xxiiiVolume 1Part I Reconstructing Sparta: General 11 Sparta: Reconstructing History from Secrecy, Lies and Myth 3Anton Powell2 Sparta: An Exceptional Domination of State over Society? 29Stephen HodkinsonPart II Origins: From Pre-Classical to Classical Culture 593 An Archaeology of Ancient Sparta with Reference to Laconia and Messenia 61William Cavanagh4 Lykourgos the Spartan “Lawgiver”: Ancient Beliefs and Modern Scholarship 93Massimo Nafissi5 Laconian Pottery 124Maria Pipili6 Laconian Art 154Francise Prost (Translated by James Roy)7 Pre‐Classical Sparta as Song Culture 177Claude Calame (Translated by James Roy)8 Luxury, Austerity and Equality in Sparta 202Hans van Wees9 The Common Messes 236Hans van WeesPart III Political and Military History: The Classical Period and Beyond 26910 Sparta and the Persian Wars, 499–478 271Marcello Lupi11 Sparta’s Foreign – and Internal – History, 478–403 291Anton Powell12 The Empire of the Spartans (404–371) 320Françoise Ruzé (Translated by Anton Powell)13 Sparta and the Peloponnese from the Archaic Period to 362 bc 354James Roy14 From Leuktra to Nabis, 371–192 374Daniel Stewart15 Sparta in the Roman Period 403Yves Lafond (Translated by Anton Powell)Volume 2Part IV Culture, Society and Economy: The Classical Period and Beyond 42316 Spartan Religion 425Michael A. Flower17 Kingship: The History, Power, and Prerogatives of the Spartans’ ‘Divine’ Dyarchy 452Ellen G. Millender18 Equality and Distinction within the Spartiate Community 480Philip DaviesContents ix19 Spartan Women 500Ellen G. Millender20 Spartan Education in the Classical Period 525Nicolas Richer (Translated by Anton Powell)21 Sparta and Athletics 543Paul Christesen22 Helotage and the Spartan Economy 565Thomas Figueira23 The Perioikoi 596Jean Ducat (Translated by Anton Powell)24 Roads and Quarries in Laconia 615Jacqueline Christien (Translated by Christopher Annandale and Anton Powell)25 Spartan Cultural Memory in the Roman Period 643Nigel M. KennellPart V Reception of Sparta in Recent Centuries 66326 The Literary Reception of Sparta in France 665Haydn Mason27 Reception of Sparta in Germany and German‐Speaking Europe 685Stefan Rebenich28 Reception of Sparta in North America: Eighteenth to Twenty‐First Centuries 704Sean R. Jensen29 Sparta and the Imperial Schools of Britain: Comparisons 723Anton PowellSelected Bibliography 760Index 767

Anton Powell is Director of the Classical Press of Wales, and an internationally recognized authority on Sparta, Athens, and the Roman Revolution. He founded the International Sparta Seminar, and co-edited a succession of collective volumes which have contributed to the revival and reshaping of Spartan studies. Powell is the author of Athens and Sparta, Third Edition, and editor of Classical Sparta, Sparta at War, and Sparta: The Body Politic, among others.

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• Notes on Contributors - Volume 1 xiNotes on Contributors - Volume 2 xivForeword by Paul Cartledge xviiPreface xxiiiVolume 1Part I Reconstructing Sparta: General 11 Sparta: Reconstructing History from Secrecy, Lies and Myth 3Anton Powell2 Sparta: An Exceptional Domination of State over Society? 29Stephen HodkinsonPart II Origins: From Pre-Classical to Classical Culture 593 An Archaeology of Ancient Sparta with Reference to Laconia and Messenia 61William Cavanagh4 Lykourgos the Spartan “Lawgiver”: Ancient Beliefs and Modern Scholarship 93Massimo Nafissi5 Laconian Pottery 124Maria Pipili6 Laconian Art 154Francise Prost (Translated by James Roy)7 Pre‐Classical Sparta as Song Culture 177Claude Calame (Translated by James Roy)8 Luxury, Austerity and Equality in Sparta 202Hans van Wees9 The Common Messes 236Hans van WeesPart III Political and Military History: The Classical Period and Beyond 26910 Sparta and the Persian Wars, 499–478 271Marcello Lupi11 Sparta’s Foreign – and Internal – History, 478–403 291Anton Powell12 The Empire of the Spartans (404–371) 320Françoise Ruzé (Translated by Anton Powell)13 Sparta and the Peloponnese from the Archaic Period to 362 bc 354James Roy14 From Leuktra to Nabis, 371–192 374Daniel Stewart15 Sparta in the Roman Period 403Yves Lafond (Translated by Anton Powell)Volume 2Part IV Culture, Society and Economy: The Classical Period and Beyond 42316 Spartan Religion 425Michael A. Flower17 Kingship: The History, Power, and Prerogatives of the Spartans’ ‘Divine’ Dyarchy 452Ellen G. Millender18 Equality and Distinction within the Spartiate Community 480Philip DaviesContents ix19 Spartan Women 500Ellen G. Millender20 Spartan Education in the Classical Period 525Nicolas Richer (Translated by Anton Powell)21 Sparta and Athletics 543Paul Christesen22 Helotage and the Spartan Economy 565Thomas Figueira23 The Perioikoi 596Jean Ducat (Translated by Anton Powell)24 Roads and Quarries in Laconia 615Jacqueline Christien (Translated by Christopher Annandale and Anton Powell)25 Spartan Cultural Memory in the Roman Period 643Nigel M. KennellPart V Reception of Sparta in Recent Centuries 66326 The Literary Reception of Sparta in France 665Haydn Mason27 Reception of Sparta in Germany and German‐Speaking Europe 685Stefan Rebenich28 Reception of Sparta in North America: Eighteenth to Twenty‐First Centuries 704Sean R. Jensen29 Sparta and the Imperial Schools of Britain: Comparisons 723Anton PowellSelected Bibliography 760Index 767