Editorial: Cambridge University Press
Número de páginas: 272 págs. 16.0 x 23.0 cm
Fecha de edición: 21-12-2023
EAN: 9781316519455
ISBN: 978-1-316-51945-5
Precio (sin IVA): 40,12 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 41,72 €
From the poet Tyrtaeus inspiring soldiers with rousing verse in the seventh century BCE to inscriptions celebrating the 300's last stand at Thermopylae, and from Spartan imperialists posing as liberators during the Peloponnesian War to the modern reception of the Spartan as a brave warrior defending the “West”, Sparta has had an outsized role in how warfare is framed and remembered. This image has also been distorted by the Spartans themselves and their later interpreters. While debates continue to rage about the appropriateness of monuments to supposed war heroes in our civic squares, this authoritative and engaging book suggests that how the Spartans commemorated their military past, and how this shaped their military future, has perhaps never been more pertinent.