Spartan society
By: edited by Thomas J. Figueira ; contributors, Pierre Brulé ... [et al.].
Contributors: Figueira, Thomas J.; Brulé, Pierre.
Publisher: The Classical Press of Wales; Distributed in the U.S.A., The David Brown Book Co.; Classical Press of Wales
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Swansea; Oakville, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 389
Subjects: Sparta (Extinct city) -- Social conditions -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "This is the fifth volume from the International Sparta Seminar, in the series founded by Anton Powell and Stephen Hodkinson. Thomas J. Figueira is here the editor of 16 papers; 15 are new, the other is newly translated from the French." "Among the authors are most of the world's leading authorities on the history of Sparta. There are particular concentrations of papers of Spartan women, the economy of Sparta, helots and Messenians, Xenophon and Sparta, and modern reception of Sparta."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This volume is a collection that derives from the papers presented at the Fourth International Sparta Seminar which took place at the University of Glasgow on September 4-7, 2002"--P. vii.