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Ancient Greece: Sparta Richard Hooker's essay attempts to discover the truth about this allegedly brutal Greek citystate.
Apollo at Amyklai Describes the throne constructed by Bathykles of Magnesia which was later uprooted by the Dorians.
Great Rhetra Offers Plutarch's depiction of Lycurgus' development of the Spartan Phylai and Obai.
Kings of Sparta Straightforward reference to the numerous leaders of this warlike Greek citystate.
Krypteia at Sparta Describes the military fighting men of Sparta and their implied role in the demise of the Helots.
Lysander MSN Encarta Chronicles the military career of the heroic fourthcentury Spartan and his role in the Peloponnesian and Boeotian Wars.
MSN Encarta Helots Describes the most oppressed class of the Spartans who were denied any rights and served as property of the state.
Materials for the Study of Ancient Sparta Find a nexus of links on the leaders, politics and the denizens of this quintessential of Greek citystates.
Pausanius On Sparta Offers Pausanius' text on the marriage of Lacedaemon and Sparta, and the development of the city thereafter.
Sparta Benedict Nightingale discusses the history and what is understood to be the present area of this historic Greek citystate.
Sparta Laconian History Details the ruling city of the Southern Peloponnese and the Battle of Plataia. Also describes education and constitution in Sparta.
Sparta Acropolis Features photographs of the Temple of Athena, the Church of Christ, the Roman Market and the Roman Agora.
Spartan Hegemony, 404371 BC Reviews the period of Sparta's economic and military power after the Peloponnesian War and its influence on other Greek citystates.
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