Sparta in Literature

Sparta in Literature Criticism

• Introduction
• Representative Works
• Criticism: Overviews
  • Introduction to The Spartan Tradition in European Thought
  • Introduction to Sparta
• Criticism: Spartan Poetry
  • Music and Poetry
  • The Poets
• Criticism: The Spartan Myth
  • Lacedaemon: History, Myth, and Propaganda
  • The Idea of Sparta
  • Aristotle and Sparta
  • Xenophon's Sparta: An Introduction
• Criticism: Historical Background
  • The Conquest of Laconia
  • Conclusion
  • Sparta after Alexander
  • The Spartan Empire, 404-394
  • The Final Years
• Criticism: Spartan Society And Culture
  • Helots and Perioikoi
  • Life within Sparta
  • The Image of Tradition
  • Literacy in the Spartan Oligarchy
• Further Reading