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Powell, Anton - Classical Sparta: Techniques Behind Her Success

Title: Classical Sparta: Techniques Behind Her Success
Description: Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 1989. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; tan dj with brown illustration and lettering, mylar cover; xiv, 196 pp. Foreword by Paul Cartledge. Contents: Laughter in Spartan Society/Ephraim David -- Drink, Hybris and the Promotion of Harmony in Sparta/N.R.E. Fisher -- Was Kleomenes Mad?/Alan Griffiths -- Inheritance, Marriage and Demogrphy: Perspectives upon the Success and Decline of Classical Sparta/Stephen Hodkinson -- Spartan Propaganda/J.T. Hooker -- Spartan Religion/Robert Parker -- Mendacity and Sparta's Use of the Visual/Anton Powell. VG-/VG- (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light shelfwear to boards and block. Pages are clean.) .

Keywords: European History ; Sparta; Greek History ; ;

Price: US$ 40.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 184595

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