The Spartans Andrew J Bayliss Oxford University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

The Image Of Sparta And Spartans Is One Dyed Indelibly Into Public Consciousness: Musclebound Soldiers With Long Hair Red Cloaks Bearing Shiny Bronze Shields Emblazoned Greek Letter Lambda \ This Sparta!\ Bellows Leonidas On Silver Screen As He Decides To Lead His 300 Warriors Their Deaths At Thermopylae But What Was Sparta? Myths Surrounding Are Old City Itself Even In Antiquity A Unique Society Considered An Enigma Who Fought For Freedom Against Persians Called Themselves Equals\ Or Peers Equality Reliant Ruthless Exploitation Indigenous Population Known Helots Spartans\ Often Bizarre Rules Practices Have Capacity Horrify Much They Do Fascinate Us Today Athenian Writers Were Intrigued Appalled Equal Measure By Where Weak Disabled Babies Said Been Examined Carefully State Officials Before Being Dumped Off Edge Cliff Lurid Stories Shaped Our Which Cowards Forced Shave Half Beards Dress Differently From Ultimately Shunned Extent That Suicide Seemed Preferable Equally Appalling Brutal Krypteia Spartan Rite Passage Teenagers Sent Countryside Armed Knife Ordered Eliminate Biggest Most Dangerous Truth Behind These Exotic Other Can Be Hard Discover Lost Amongst Legend Perpetuated Later Ran Thriving Tourist Industry Exaggerated Famed Brutality Ancestors Andrew Bayliss Explores Book There Also Admire Ancient Such State-Run Education System Catered Girls Fact Almost Unparalleled Pre-Modern World Allowing Women Clear Voice No Fewer Than Forty Sayings Preserved Sources Reveals Best Worst Separating Myth Reality Σελίδες: 192 Διαστάσεις: 12 6X12 6Cm