The Walls of Sparta

by Charles Lloyd

The Walls of Sparta is a marvelous new telling of an ancient story that offers fascinating insights into Sparta's martial culture and its use of the agoge, the institution that raised young men to be elite warriors often amid the exchange of amorous same-sex experiences. But outside forces encroach even here and the king must consider the threats of Thebes, as well as intrigue at home. Agesilaos was Sparta's most famous and most influential ruler...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590216946
• ISBN13: 9781590216941
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Lethe Press
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"