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Spartans Hardcover by Andrew J Bayliss Ancient Warrior History 2020-image

Spartans Hardcover by Andrew J Bayliss Ancient Warrior History 2020

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Number of Pages: 192 Pages Intended Audience: Trade Genre: Philosophy, History Dewey Decimal: 938.9 brand: Oxford University Press, Incorporated Item Width: 5 in ISBN-10: 0198853084 Publication Year: 2020 ISBN-13: 9780198853084 Item Height: 0.7 in Table Of Content: 1. Go tell the Spartans2. Sparta's civic structure3. The Spartan lifestyle4. Raising a Spartan5. Spartan women6. Helots7. The Later Reception of SpartaFurther readingIndex TitleLeading: The Reviews: "With a succinctness worthy of his subjects - whose 'linguistic austerity' inspired the word 'laconic' - Bayliss distils extensive research to offer an engaging, lucid insight into this unique society." -- Madeleine Finney, The Mail on Sunday "A new history of these extraordinary and often terrifying people, which is both scholarly and highly entertaining." -- Christopher Hart, Mail Online "A readable, informative, excellent survey." -- Brian Maye, The Irish Times "Anyone interested in Sparta should read it, and every school library should own it." -- David Stuttard, Classics for All "The Spartans will prove of value not only to the layman interested in learning something about this most famous ancient warrior culture, but also the seasoned student of the subject." -- A. A. Nofi, New York Military Affairs "[A] thematic and scholarly treatment." -- Paul Cartledge, author of The Spartans: An Epic History "With deceptive ease, [Bayliss] guides his readers not just across well-trodden ground but sometimes to unexpected vantage points from where he can challenge orthodox views... The Spartans punches above its weight, and with 14 black-and-white illustrations (including two maps), references, suggestions for further reading and an index, it's a knockout. Anyone interested in Sparta should read it, and every school library should own it." -- David Stuttard, Classics for All "Throughout the book, Bayliss never shouts. Yet, in his quiet, succinct way, he has produced a book that can with some justice claim, 'This is Sparta.'" -- Alastair Brans, Australian Book Review, "With a succinctness worthy of his subjects - whose 'linguistic austerity' inspired the word 'laconic' - Bayliss distils extensive research to offer an engaging, lucid insight into this unique society." -- Madeleine Finney, The Mail on Sunday"A new history of these extraordinary and often terrifying people, which is both scholarly and highly entertaining." -- Christopher Hart, Mail Online"A readable, informative, excellent survey." -- Brian Maye, The Irish Times"Anyone interested in Sparta should read it, and every school library should own it." -- David Stuttard, Classics for All"The Spartans will prove of value not only to the layman interested in learning something about this most famous ancient warrior culture, but also the seasoned student of the subject." -- A. A. Nofi, New York Military Affairs"[A] thematic and scholarly treatment." -- Paul Cartledge, author of The Spartans: An Epic History "With deceptive ease, [Bayliss] guides his readers not just across well-trodden ground but sometimes to unexpected vantage points from where he can challenge orthodox views... The Spartans punches above its weight, and with 14 black-and-white illustrations (including two maps), references, suggestions for further reading and an index, it's a knockout. Anyone interested in Sparta should read it, and every school library should own it." -- David Stuttard, Classics for All"Throughout the book, Bayliss never shouts. Yet, in his quiet, succinct way, he has produced a book that can with some justice claim, 'This is Sparta.'" -- Alastair Brans, Australian Book Review, "With a succinctness worthy of his subjects - whose 'linguistic austerity' inspired the word 'laconic' - Bayliss distils extensive research to offer an engaging, lucid insight into this unique society." -- Madeleine Finney, The Mail on Sunday "A new history of these extraordinary and often terrifying people, which is both scholarly and highly entertaining." -- Christopher Hart, Mail Online "A readable, informative, excellent survey." -- Brian Maye, The Irish Times "Anyone interested in Sparta should read it, and every school library should own it." -- David Stuttard, Classics for All "[A] thematic and scholarly treatment." -- Paul Cartledge, author of The Spartans: An Epic History "With deceptive ease, [Bayliss] guides his readers not just across well-trodden ground but sometimes to unexpected vantage points from where he can challenge orthodox views... The Spartans punches above its weight, and with 14 black-and-white illustrations (including two maps), references, suggestions for further reading and an index, it's a knockout. Anyone interested in Sparta should read it, and every school library should own it." -- David Stuttard, Classics for All, "With a succinctness worthy of his subjects - whose 'linguistic austerity' inspired the word 'laconic' - Bayliss distils extensive research to offer an engaging, lucid insight into this unique society." -- Madeleine Finney, The Mail on Sunday "A readable, informative, excellent survey." -- Brian Maye, The Irish Times "Anyone interested in Sparta should read it, and every school library should own it." -- David Stuttard, Classics for All "[A] thematic and scholarly treatment." -- Paul Cartledge, author of The Spartans: An Epic History "With deceptive ease, [Bayliss] guides his readers not just across well-trodden ground but sometimes to unexpected vantage points from where he can challenge orthodox views... The Spartans punches above its weight, and with 14 black-and-white illustrations (including two maps), references, suggestions for further reading and an index, it's a knockout. Anyone interested in Sparta should read it, and every school library should own it." -- David Stuttard, Classics for All, "With a succinctness worthy of his subjects - whose 'linguistic austerity' inspired the word 'laconic' - Bayliss distils extensive research to offer an engaging, lucid insight into this unique society." -- Madeleine Finney, The Mail on Sunday "A new history of these extraordinary and often terrifying people, which is both scholarly and highly entertaining." -- Christopher Hart, Mail Online "A readable, informative, excellent survey." -- Brian Maye, The Irish Times "Anyone interested in Sparta should read it, and every school library should own it." -- David Stuttard, Classics for All "[A] thematic and scholarly treatment." -- Paul Cartledge, author of The Spartans: An Epic History "With deceptive ease, [Bayliss] guides his readers not just across well-trodden ground but sometimes to unexpected vantage points from where he can challenge orthodox views... The Spartans punches above its weight, and with 14 black-and-white illustrations (including two maps), references, suggestions for further reading and an index, it's a knockout. Anyone interested in Sparta should read it, and every school library should own it." -- David Stuttard, Classics for All "Throughout the book, Bayliss never shouts. Yet, in his quiet, succinct way, he has produced a book that can with some justice claim, 'This is Sparta.'" -- Alastair Brans, Australian Book Review, "With a succinctness worthy of his subjects - whose 'linguistic austerity' inspired the word 'laconic' - Bayliss distils extensive research to offer an engaging, lucid insight into this unique society." -- Madeleine Finney, The Mail on Sunday "Anyone interested in Sparta should read it, and every school library should own it." -- David Stuttard, Classics for All "[A] thematic and scholarly treatment." -- Paul Cartledge, author of The Spartans: An Epic History "With deceptive ease, [Bayliss] guides his readers not just across well-trodden ground but sometimes to unexpected vantage points from where he can challenge orthodox views... The Spartans punches above its weight, and with 14 black-and-white illustrations (including two maps), references, suggestions for further reading and an index, it's a knockout. Anyone interested in Sparta should read it, and every school library should own it." -- David Stuttard, Classics for All gtin13: 9780198853084 LCCN: 2019-951260 Author: Andrew J. Bayliss Topic: Europe / Greece (See Also Ancient / Greece), History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical Dewey Edition: 23 Language: English Format: Hardcover Book Title: Spartans Item Length: 6.7 in Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated Synopsis: The image of Sparta, and the Spartans, is one dyed indelibly into the public consciousness: musclebound soldiers with long hair and red cloaks, bearing shiny bronze shields emblazoned with the Greek letter lambda. 'This is Sparta ', bellows Leonidas on the silver screen, as he decides to lead his 300 warriors to their deaths at Thermopylae. But what was Sparta? The myths surrounding Sparta are as old as the city itself. Even in antiquity, Sparta was a unique society, considered an enigma. The Spartans who fought for freedom against the Persians called themselves 'equals' or peers, but their equality was reliant on the ruthless exploitation of the indigenous population known as helots. The Spartans' often bizarre rules and practices have the capacity to horrify as much they do to fascinate us today. Athenian writers were intrigued and appalled in equal measure by a society where weak or disabled babies were said to have been examined carefully by state officials before being dumped off the edge of a cliff. Even today their lurid stories have shaped our image of Sparta; a society in which cowards were forced to shave off half their beards, to dress differently from their peers, and who were ultimately shunned to the extent that suicide seemed preferable. Equally appalling to us today is the brutal krypteia, a Spartan rite of passage where teenagers were sent into the countryside armed with a knife and ordered to eliminate the biggest and most dangerous helots. But the truth behind these stories of the exotic other can be hard to discover, lost amongst the legend of Sparta which was even perpetuated by later Spartans, who ran a thriving tourist industry that exaggerated the famed brutality of their ancestors. As Andrew Bayliss explores in this book, there was also much to admire in ancient Sparta, such as the Spartans' state-run education system which catered even to girls, or the fact that Sparta was almost unparalleled in the pre-modern world in allowing women a clear voice, with no fewer than forty sayings by Spartan women preserved in our sources. This book reveals the best and the worst of the Spartans, separating myth from reality., Famous throughout history for their doomed stand at Thermopylae, and immortalised by contemporary Athenian writers who viewed them as the exotic other, the Spartans, and their brutality and bravery, both fascinate and appal us. Andrew Bayliss reveals the best and the worst of this harsh society, separating myth from reality., The image of Sparta, and the Spartans, is one dyed indelibly into the public consciousness: musclebound soldiers with long hair and red cloaks, bearing shiny bronze shields emblazoned with the Greek letter lambda. "This is Sparta!", bellows Leonidas on the silver screen, as he decides to lead his 300 warriors to their deaths at Thermopylae. But what was Sparta? The myths surrounding Sparta are as old as the city itself. Even in antiquity, Sparta was a unique society, considered an enigma. The Spartans who fought for freedom against the Persians called themselves "equals" or peers, but their equality was reliant on the ruthless exploitation of the indigenous population known as helots. The Spartans' often bizarre rules and practices have the capacity to horrify as much they do to fascinate us today. Athenian writers were intrigued and appalled in equal measure by a society where weak or disabled babies were said to have been examined carefully by state officials before being dumped off the edge of a cliff. Even today their lurid stories have shaped our image of Sparta; a society in which cowards were forced to shave off half their beards, to dress differently from their peers, and who were ultimately shunned to the extent that suicide seemed preferable. Equally appalling to us today is the brutal krypteia, a Spartan rite of passage where teenagers were sent into the countryside armed with a knife and ordered to eliminate the biggest and most dangerous helots. But the truth behind these stories of the exotic other can be hard to discover, lost amongst the legend of Sparta which was even perpetuated by later Spartans, who ran a thriving tourist industry that exaggerated the famed brutality of their ancestors. As Andrew Bayliss explores in this book, there was also much to admire in ancient Sparta, such as the Spartans' state-run education system which catered even to girls, or the fact that Sparta was almost unparalleled in the pre-modern world in allowing women a clear voice, with no fewer than forty sayings by Spartan women preserved in our sources. This book reveals the best and the worst of the Spartans, separating myth from reality., The image of Sparta, and the Spartans, is one dyed indelibly into the public consciousness: musclebound soldiers with long hair and red cloaks, bearing shiny bronze shields emblazoned with the Greek letter lambda. 'This is Sparta!', bellows Leonidas on the silver screen, as he decides to lead his 300 warriors to their deaths at Thermopylae. But what was Sparta? The myths surrounding Sparta are as old as the city itself. Even in antiquity, Sparta was a unique society, considered an enigma. The Spartans who fought for freedom against the Persians called themselves 'equals' or peers, but their equality was reliant on the ruthless exploitation of the indigenous population known as helots. The Spartans' often bizarre rules and practices have the capacity to horrify as much they do to fascinate us today. Athenian writers were intrigued and appalled in equal measure by a society where weak or disabled babies were said to have been examined carefully by state officials before being dumped off the edge of a cliff. Even today their lurid stories have shaped our image of Sparta; a society in which cowards were forced to shave off half their beards, to dress differently from their peers, and who were ultimately shunned to the extent that suicide seemed preferable. Equally appalling to us today is the brutal krypteia, a Spartan rite of passage where teenagers were sent into the countryside armed with a knife and ordered to eliminate the biggest and most dangerous helots. But the truth behind these stories of the exotic other can be hard to discover, lost amongst the legend of Sparta which was even perpetuated by later Spartans, who ran a thriving tourist industry that exaggerated the famed brutality of their ancestors. As Andrew Bayliss explores in this book, there was also much to admire in ancient Sparta, such as the Spartans' state-run education system which catered even to girls, or the fact that Sparta was almost unparalleled in the pre-modern world in allowing women a clear voice, with no fewer than forty sayings by Spartan women preserved in our sources. This book reveals the best and the worst of the Spartans, separating myth from reality. LC Classification Number: DF261.S8 Item Weight: 10.2 Oz Illustrator: Yes

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  1. Absolutely loved this deep dive into Spartan history! Bayliss delivers a fresh, engaging perspective with sharp analysis and vivid storytelling. Perfect for history buffs—packed with fascinating details yet easy to read. The hardcover feels premium, great for any bookshelf. Highly recommend!

    Jakub P3113a

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