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1	The Spartans more books like this by Professor Paul Cartledge add to wishlist A compelling narrative exploring the culture and civilization of the most famous "warrior people": the Spartans of ancient Greece, told by the world's leading expert. The narrative also details the lives of such illustrious and mythmaking figures as Lycurgus, King Leonidas, Helen of Troy (and Sparta), and Lysander. Illustrations. Maps. see all copies from $2.79! new only from $14.95! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece more books like this by Professor Paul Cartledge (Editor) add to wishlist Sumptuously illustrated in colour and packed with fascinating information, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece is now available for the first time in a revised paperback edition. Offering fresh interpretations of classical Greek culture, the book devotes as much attention to social, economic, sexual and intellectual aspects as to ... see all copies from $4.88! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past more books like this by Professor Paul Cartledge add to wishlist In time to coincide with the release of the motion picture directed by Oliver Stone comes a biography on the infamous Macedonian king and conqueror. Author Cartledge is academic consultant on the forthcoming Discovery Channel documentary "Becoming Alexander." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World more books like this by Professor Paul Cartledge add to wishlist In this brilliant examination of one of civilizations greatest stands, Cartledge illuminates how the confrontation between a huge army and a small group of defenders in 480 B.C. changed the way that generations would come to think about courage, combat, and death. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Spartans: The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece more books like this by Professor Paul Cartledge add to wishlist A compelling narrative exploring the culture and civilization of the most famous "warrior people": the Spartans of ancient Greece, told by the world's leading expert. The narrative also details the lives of such illustrious and mythmaking figures as Lycurgus, King Leonidas, Helen of Troy (and Sparta), and Lysander. Illustrations. Maps. see all copies from $7.33! new only from $9.56! \| SVS
6	Alexander: Destiny and Myth more books like this by Claude Mosse, Janet Lloyd, Lady (Translator), Professor Paul Cartledge (Foreword by) add to wishlist Few figures from history have aroused as much admiration as Alexander the Great, the Macedonian king who, between 334 and 323 B.C., conquered the immense Persian Empire, led his army as far as India, and transformed the known world. Even in antiquity, he was an almost mythical hero, and over the centuries he has been remembered as the paragon of ... see all copies from $2.06! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Sparta and Lakonia: A Regional History 1300-362 BC more books like this by Professor Paul Cartledge add to wishlist Sparta is one of the best-documented states of ancient Greece. Its political and social systems have fascinated and perplexed generations of classical scholars, as well as having a powerful influence on European civilization to this day. In this fully revised and updated edition of his groundbreaking study, Paul Cartledge uncovers the realities ... see all copies from $19.95! new only from $36.72! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Memories of Odysseus: Frontier Tales from Ancient Greece more books like this by Francois Hartog, Janet Lloyd, Lady (Translator), Professor Paul Cartledge (Foreword by) add to wishlist The conception of the Other has long been a problem for philosophers. Emmanuel Levinas, best known for his attention to the issue argued that the voyages of Odysseus represent the very nature of Western philosophy : "His adventure in the world is nothing but a return to his native land, a complacency with the Same, a misrecognition of the Other." ... see all copies from $19.95! new only from $27.75! \| first editions
9	Democritus: Democritus and Atomistic Politics more books like this by Professor Paul Cartledge add to wishlist The Renaissance's 'Laughing Philosopher': ourown age's 'prophet of quark' : throughout modern philosophical traditions, Democritushas been a man little known beyond his labels. Yet if the image of the cheerful ironist understates his true seriousness, that of father of modern nuclear physics - though by no means entirely unfounded - loses sight of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.98!
10	Spartan Reflections more books like this by Paul Cartledge add to wishlist The complex and distinctive Spartan tradition has been a prominent theme in western thinking from antiquity to today. Sparta is also one of a handful of ancient Greek cities with enough existing evidence for historians to create a realistic social portrait. Over the past quarter-century Paul Cartledge has established himself as the leading ... see all copies from $4.70! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Ancient Greek Political Thought in Practice more books like this by Professor Paul Cartledge add to wishlist Ancient Greece was a place of tremendous political experiment and innovation, and it was here too that the first serious political thinkers emerged. Using carefully selected case-studies, Professor Cartledge investigates the dynamic interaction between ancient Greek political thought and practice from early historic times to the early Roman Empire ... see all copies from $20.38! new only from $20.38! \| SVS
12 view cover	Helots and Their Masters in Laconia and Messenia: Histories, Ideologies, Structures more books like this by Nino Luraghi (Editor), Susan Alcock (Editor), Professor Paul Cartledge (Contributions by) add to wishlist The name "Helots" evokes one of the most famous peculiarities of ancient Sparta, the system of dependent labour that guaranteed the livelihood of the free citizens. The Helots fulfilled all the functions that slaves carried out elsewhere in the Greek world, allowing their masters the leisure to be full-time warriors. Yet, despite their crucial ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $30.95!
13 view cover	Hiero the Tyrant and Other Treatises more books like this by Xenophon, Robin H Waterfield (Translator), Professor Paul Cartledge (Introduction by) add to wishlist One of Socrates' Athenian disciples in his youth, Xenophon (c. 498-354 bc) fought as a mercenary commander in Cyrus the Younger's campaign to seize the Persian throne, and later wrote a wide range of works on history, politics and philosophy. These six treatises offer his informed insights into the nature of leadership. In the dialogue between the ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $8.00! \| SVS
14 view cover	Religion in the Ancient Greek more books like this by Louise Bruit Zaidman, Pauline Schmitt Pantel, Professor Paul Cartledge (Translator) add to wishlist This book is a translation into English of La religion grecque by Louise Bruit Zaidman and Pauline Schmitt Pantel, described by Dr Simon Price as 'an excellent book, by far the best introduction to the subject in any language'. It is the purpose of the book to consider how religious beliefs and cultic rituals were given expression in the world of ... see all copies from $39.99! new only from $83.26! \| SVS
15 view cover	Hellenistic and Roman Sparta more books like this by Professor Paul Cartledge, Antony Spawforth add to wishlist In this new edition, Paul Cartledge and Antony Spawforth have taken account of recent finds and scholarship to revise and update their authoritative overview of later Spartan history, and of the social, political, economic and cultural changes in the Spartan community. This original and compelling account is especially significant in challenging ... see all copies from $32.50! new only from $36.18!
16 view cover	Kosmos: Essays in Order, Conflict and Community in Classical Athens more books like this by Professor Paul Cartledge (Editor), Paul Millett (Editor), Sitta Von Reden (Editor) add to wishlist 'Kosmos' is the word the ancient Greeks used for human social order. It has therefore a special application to the Greeks' peculiar social and political unit of communal life that they called the 'polis'. Of the many hundreds of such units in classical Greece the best documented and the most complex was democratic Athens. The purpose of this ... see all copies from $33.69! new only from $33.69! \| SVS
17 view cover	Greeks more books like this by Professor Paul Cartledge add to wishlist Written by one of the world's leading experts on Greek history, the story of classical Greece's rise and fall is told through the eyes of her heroes--the men and women who forged the basic principles of Western civilization. Accompanies the three-hour PBS series. of full-color illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $53.20!
18 view cover	Hiero the Tyrant and Other Treatises: 6 more books like this by Xenophon, Robin A Waterfield (Translator), Professor Paul Cartledge (Notes by) add to wishlist A collection of six works by Xenophon the Athenian aristocrat, offering informed insights into the nature and purposes of leadership, domestic economy, horsemanship and hunting. These essays offer an insight into the ancient world. see all copies from $2.40!
19 view cover	A History of Greece: From the Time of Solon to 403 BC more books like this by George Grote, Grote George, Professor Paul Cartledge (Editor) add to wishlist George Grote - banker, M.P., a founder of London University - was a Victorian hero, accorded the final honour of burial in Westminster Abbey. But for historians of ancient Greece and students of ancient Greek philosophy, he is not merely a dead hero of the past but the living author of two multi-volume works that are still required reading more ... see all copies from $138.26! new only from $138.26!
20 view cover	Hellenistic Culture and Society more books like this by Professor Paul Cartledge (Editor), Erich S Gruen (Editor), Peter Garnsey (Editor) add to wishlist This study of the Hellenistic period emphasizes the cultural interaction of Greek and non-Greek societies. It ranges over broad questions of comparative historiography, literature, religion and the roles of Athens, Rome and the Jews within the context of the Hellenistic world. see all copies from $60.00! new only from $70.48! \| first editions \| SVS
21	Los Griegos. Encrucijada de La Civilizacisn by Professor Paul Cartledge add to wishlist see all copies from $16.03! new only from $18.96!
22 view cover	Money, Labour and Land in Ancient Greece: Approaches to the Economics of Ancient Greece more books like this by Professor Paul Cartledge (Editor), Edward E Cohen (Editor), Lin Foxhall (Editor) add to wishlist The cultural wealth of the classical Greek world was matched by its material wealth, and there is abundant textual and archaeological evidence for both. However, radically different theoretical and methodological approaches have been used to interpret this evidence, and conflicts continue to rage as these different starting points produce clashing ... see all copies from $124.18! new only from $124.18!
23	Aristophanes and His Theatre of the Absurd more books like this by Professor Paul Cartledge (Editor) add to wishlist This series explores the culture and achievement of the civilizations of Greece and Rome. It is designed specifically for students and teachers of classical civilization and ancient history, and provides a collection of guides on literature, history, art, values and social institutions. see all copies from $26.95! new only from $26.95!
24 view cover	The Greeks: A Portrait of Self and Others more books like this by Professor Paul Cartledge add to wishlist This book provides an original and challenging answer to the question: 'Who were the Classical Greeks?' Paul Cartledge - 'one of the most theoretically alert, widely read and prolific of contemporary ancient historians' (TLS) - here examines the Greeks and their achievements in terms of their own self-image, mainly as it was presented by the ... see all copies from $2.59! new only from $11.01! \| SVS
25	Hellenistic and Roman Sparta, a Tale of Two Cities more books like this by Professor Paul Cartledge add to wishlist This is a new account of Sparta over the eight centuries or so between her loss of 'great power' status in the second quarter of the fourth century BC and the temporary occupation of the late antique city by Alaric in AD 396. This book should be of interest to students and teachers of ancient history and classical studies. see all copies from $30.23!

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