The Gymnasium of Virtue: Education and Culture in Ancient Sparta 0807822191, 9780807822197, 9780807862452

The Gymnasium of Virtue is the first book devoted exclusively to the study of education in ancient Sparta, covering the

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English Year 1995

The Gymnasium of Virtue: Education and Culture in Ancient Sparta
0807822191, 9780807822197, 9780807862452

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The King of Sparta Leonidas is one of the most well known and remembered of all Sparta's mighty military leaders.

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In Talking Art, acclaimed ethnographer Gary Alan Fine gives us an eye-opening look at the contemporary university-based

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A Spartan lifestyle proverbially describes austerity; ancient Greek luxury was associated with Ionia and the oriental wo

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A Spartan lifestyle proverbially describes austerity; ancient Greek luxury was associated with Ionia and the oriental wo

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In a world where the global engagement and international dialogue intensifies, some areas of cultivated knowledge suffer

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This paper attempts to reconcile Pausanias' description of the topography of Sparta with the first archeological di

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The subject of sex was central to early Chinese thought. Discussed openly and seriously as a fundamental topic of human

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The reception of ancient Cyprus in the Western world has not received much attention in scholarship, despite the fact th

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The reception of Mediterranean Antiquity heritage is one of the dominant research areas in contemporary classical studie

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