Greek Superpower

Paul Cartledge is A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge University, UK, and a Fellow of Clare College. He has published extensively on Greek history over several decades, including The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece (1997, new edition 2002), Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past (2004, revised edition 2005), Ancient Greek Political Thought in Practice (2009), and Democracy: A Life (2016). Paul Cartledge is A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge University, UK, and a Fellow of Clare College. He has published extensively on Greek history over several decades, including The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece (1997, new edition 2002), Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past (2004, revised edition 2005), Ancient Greek Political Thought in Practice (2009), and Democracy: A Life (2016).

• Introductory Note Anton PowellForeword Paul Cartledge 1 Sparta in Pericles’ Funeral Oration Paula Debnar2 Athens, Sparta, and the t???? of deliberation Ellen Millender3 Athens as New Sparta? Lakonism and the Athenian revolution of 404–3 BC Anton Powell4 Viewing Sparta through Athenian engagement with art and architecture Michael Scott5 Euripides, Sparta and the self-definition of Athens Edith Hall6 Sparta and Spartans in Old Comedy Ralph M. Rosen7 Imagined superpowers: Isocrates’ opposition of Athens and Sparta Carol Atack8 Spartan echoes in Plato’s Republic Fritz-Gregor Herrmann9 Aristotle’s critique of Spartan imperialism Malcolm SchofieldIndex