Spartan ReflectionsThe complex Spartan tradition has been central to western thinking since antiquity. Images or myths of ancient Sparta are still exceptionally influential today. Saprta is also one of the handful of ancient Greek cities well enough attested for the historian to attempt a convincing social portrait in the round. Spartan Reflections, whose title is intended to capture both the influence of the Spartan tradition and Sparta's thought-provoking qualities, is a collection of thirteen essays, all either new or revised for publication in book form. Following a general introduction the book is divided into three thematic sections, on Polity, Politics and Political Thought; Society, Economy and Warfare; and The Mirage Re-Viewed. |
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... Homosexuality tends now to claim the same amount of space in the public prints that was not long ago lavished on the ' woman question'.1 The incidence of AIDS and concern over the homosexual content of sex - educa- tion in schools have ...
... Homosexuality tends now to claim the same amount of space in the public prints that was not long ago lavished on the ' woman question'.1 The incidence of AIDS and concern over the homosexual content of sex - educa- tion in schools have ...
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... homosexuality ' . For the latter , the Greeks did not have a word . Finally , and this is in some ways the most important cultural difference of all , the Greeks did not labour under the incubus of a doctrinal tradition reinforced by ...
... homosexuality ' . For the latter , the Greeks did not have a word . Finally , and this is in some ways the most important cultural difference of all , the Greeks did not labour under the incubus of a doctrinal tradition reinforced by ...
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... homosexuality and gave a sixty- page bibliography of items stretching back to 1533. More realistically , Ford & Beach 1952 : ch . 7 , using the Human Relations Area Files in Yale , found evidence on homosexuality , including negative ...
... homosexuality and gave a sixty- page bibliography of items stretching back to 1533. More realistically , Ford & Beach 1952 : ch . 7 , using the Human Relations Area Files in Yale , found evidence on homosexuality , including negative ...
Contents
General Introduction | 3 |
Archaic to Hellenistic | 9 |
The Peculiar Position of Sparta in the Development | 21 |
Copyright | |
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