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# The Spartans: The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece

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Review: Absolutely fantastic - What a fun book to read! I am a newbie when it comes to Greek and Spartan history and found this to be a great place to start! Lots of great details. Lots of fun stories. I wish there was more coverage of the exact ways Spartan men were intimate with each other both physically and emotionally, and how they and their women interacted, loved, and processed what to them was a perfectly normal, in fact, great, civilization. As far as I can tell, maybe we don’t actually know because we don’t have source information to describe it beyond what is written in this book. I have no idea. At any rate, a great book.
Review: Better than I expected - I am in no way a Greek nor a classical scholar so I can't rate this book on its qualities as a history. I can say that the book is engaging and helpful to me in understanding the Spartan role in classical Greek history.I was prepared for a dry, textbook approach and this is much better than that. I recommend it as an advanced book but I am anything but advanced in this area of history. Let me talk to the author: As a rank amateur historian I have three needs that go unmet in this book: 1. MAPS! There are three maps but they are poor at best. They don't always relate to the text -- an area mentioned will not be mapped. The topography of Greece is obviously important but there is no topographical map. The book covers centuries but the maps offer no help with time lines. My 7th Grade teacher would give just a C- to these maps. 2. TIMELINE. Always helpful and often included on the inside of the covers. Simply not here. I get confused about events, people, etc. and I've had to build my own (poor) timeline. I'd rather you built an accurate one. 3. Organization: I am often confused about the book's organization. It lacks timeline order. It requires a basic knowledge of the Greek kings. There is an underlying assumption that I already know a lot about Greek history and this is refinement. I need better orientation because I am often at a loss as to when/where/why I am in this history. See 'Timeline' above. I have dipped into four books on Spartan history and this is by far the best of the lot.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #83,283 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #25 in Ancient Greek History (Books) #164 in History of Civilization & Culture #537 in European History (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (479) |
| Dimensions  | 5.2 x 0.65 x 8 inches |
| Edition  | Reprint |
| ISBN-10  | 1400078857 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1400078851 |
| Item Weight  | 2.31 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 320 pages |
| Publication date  | August 10, 2004 |
| Publisher  | Vintage |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absolutely fantastic
*by J***H on September 20, 2024*

What a fun book to read! I am a newbie when it comes to Greek and Spartan history and found this to be a great place to start! Lots of great details. Lots of fun stories. I wish there was more coverage of the exact ways Spartan men were intimate with each other both physically and emotionally, and how they and their women interacted, loved, and processed what to them was a perfectly normal, in fact, great, civilization. As far as I can tell, maybe we don’t actually know because we don’t have source information to describe it beyond what is written in this book. I have no idea. At any rate, a great book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Better than I expected
*by W***R on January 12, 2014*

I am in no way a Greek nor a classical scholar so I can't rate this book on its qualities as a history. I can say that the book is engaging and helpful to me in understanding the Spartan role in classical Greek history.I was prepared for a dry, textbook approach and this is much better than that. I recommend it as an advanced book but I am anything but advanced in this area of history. Let me talk to the author: As a rank amateur historian I have three needs that go unmet in this book: 1. MAPS! There are three maps but they are poor at best. They don't always relate to the text -- an area mentioned will not be mapped. The topography of Greece is obviously important but there is no topographical map. The book covers centuries but the maps offer no help with time lines. My 7th Grade teacher would give just a C- to these maps. 2. TIMELINE. Always helpful and often included on the inside of the covers. Simply not here. I get confused about events, people, etc. and I've had to build my own (poor) timeline. I'd rather you built an accurate one. 3. Organization: I am often confused about the book's organization. It lacks timeline order. It requires a basic knowledge of the Greek kings. There is an underlying assumption that I already know a lot about Greek history and this is refinement. I need better orientation because I am often at a loss as to when/where/why I am in this history. See 'Timeline' above. I have dipped into four books on Spartan history and this is by far the best of the lot.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Rest of the Story
*by S***S on March 1, 2006*

By avoiding the pitfalls of a tendentious interpretation, I think the professor offers here a very entertaining read about Sparta. It is hard for us in the privileged West to imagine what life was like when leadership and courage actually mattered in everyday life. The tension between ethics and self-preservation colors our interpretations of history and cultural norms of past civilizations. Professor Cartledge's extended discussion of Spartan history and culture is highly readable and balances that tension among right and wrong and the facts of life. One of the best aspects of this volume is that Cartledge discusses in detail the later Spartans, an area most students either avoid or forget once they get past the Theban hegemony in the middle of the 4th century. Sparta continued to awe and inspire Mediteranian civilization long after their heyday, and it is that part of Cartledge's book that I found most valuable.

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