A highly stimulating introduction to the history of Ancient Greek civilization, from the first documented use of the Greek language in about 1400 BCE, through the glories of the Classical and Hellenistic periods, to the foundation of the Byzantine empire in about CE 330.

Paul Cartledge argues that the Spartans are our ancestors, every bit as much as the Athenians. But while Athens promoted democracy, individualism, culture and society, their great rivals Sparta embodied militarism, totalitarianism, segregation and brutal repression.

The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece is available for the first time in paperback.

The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece is available for the first time in paperback.

At eighteen, Alexander had conquered mainland Greece, was crowned King of Macedonia at twenty and by twenty-six he had made himself master of the once mighty Persian Empire. By the time of his death, aged only thirty-three, in 323BCE he was ruler of the known world and was being worshipped as a god by the Greeks, where he died.

This volume provides a challenging answer to the question: Who were the Classical Greeks? , Paul Cartledge here examines the Greeks and their achievements in terms of their own self-image, mainly as it was presented by the supposedly objective historians: Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon.

Investigates the dynamic interaction between ancient Greek political thought and practice from prehistoric times to the Roman Empire.

This book considers how religious beliefs and cultic rituals were given expression in the world of the Greek citizen.

In the dialogue between the poet Simonides and Hiero, tyrant of Syracuse, the author provides a consummate consideration of the burdens of being an absolute dictator and the superior happiness of the private man.

Ten scholars explore ways of reading Athenian legal texts in their social and cultural context.

Investigates the dynamic interaction between ancient Greek political thought and practice from prehistoric times to the Roman Empire.

This original and compelling account of later Spartan history challenges the conventional misperception of Spartan 'decline' after the loss of her status as a great power on the battlefield in 371 BC.

The complex Spartan tradition has been central to western thinking since antiquity. Sparta is also one of the handful of ancient Greek cities well enough attested for the historian to attempt a convincing social portrait in the round. This work intends to capture both the influence of the Spartan tradition and Sparta's thought-provoking qualities.

This book considers how religious beliefs and cultic rituals were given expression in the world of the Greek citizen.

Money, Labour and Land explores a wide range of case studies in the economic history of the ancient Greek world to reveal an explosion of ideas which open new pathways into the study of the economies of ancient Greece.

Shows how classical ideas and material helped to shape the modern world. This book rethinks the characterization of two contrastive forms of ancient literary tradition - epic and novel - and re-frames their function as dynamic points of reference in the history of ideas and in our understanding of the interface between antiquity and the modern.

This set includes the revised edition of Sparta and Lakonia by Paul Cartledge and the second edition of Hellenistic and Roman Sparta by Paul Cartledge and Antony Spawforth at the special price of GBP32.00.

A collective volume on the concept of 'kosmos' - the human social order.

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.

Three hundred elite Spartan warriors who, led by their king, Leonidas, faced the vast, inrushing Persian army at the 'hot gates' of Thermopylae and fought to the death for an ideal dearer to them than life itself - the ideal of freedom. This book offers a re-examination of this moment in history.