The True Story of Spartan Heroes.
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 13975 |
| Format | 11 x 18 |
| Détails | 323 p., 4 maps, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2010 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251040073 |
Sparta, the proud and warlike city, has fascinated men since Antiquity. More than for other Greek cities, the cult of heroes was part of the foundations of its society. Its history is therefore closely linked to the glorious stories of those who often gave their lives to defend the values of their homeland. As many heroes as there are different faces of Sparta. From the legislator Lycurgus, to the courageous Othryades and Leonidas I surrounded by his 300 companions, passing by the great strategists Lysander and Agesilaus and the audacious kings Agis IV and Cleomenes III to end with the tyrant Nabis who plunged Sparta into decadence, it is this story that Herodotus, Plutarch, Xenophon, Polybius, Livy, Diodorus and Pausanias tell us.
Sparta, the proud and warlike city, has fascinated men since Antiquity. More than for other Greek cities, the cult of heroes was part of the foundations of its society. Its history is therefore closely linked to the glorious stories of those who often gave their lives to defend the values of their homeland. As many heroes as there are different faces of Sparta. From the legislator Lycurgus, to the courageous Othryades and Leonidas I surrounded by his 300 companions, passing by the great strategists Lysander and Agesilaus and the audacious kings Agis IV and Cleomenes III to end with the tyrant Nabis who plunged Sparta into decadence, it is this story that Herodotus, Plutarch, Xenophon, Polybius, Livy, Diodorus and Pausanias tell us.