Sparta and the Commemoration of War

by Matthew A. Sears

Book Overview

The tough Spartan soldier is one of the most enduring images from antiquity. Yet Spartans too fell in battle - so how did ancient Sparta memorialise its wars and war dead? From the poet Tyrtaeus inspiring soldiers with rousing verse in the seventh century BCE to inscriptions celebrating the 300's last stand at Thermopylae, and from Spartan imperialists posing as liberators during the Peloponnesian War to the modern reception of the Spartan as a brave...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316519457
• ISBN13: 9781316519455
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"