Thermopylae : the battle that changed the world / Paul Cartledge.

Author/creator Cartledge, Paul
Format Book
Publication InfoWoodstock : Overlook Press, 2006.
Descriptionxxxvii, 313 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Setting the awful scene -- The ancient world in 500 BCE: from India to the Aegean -- The dynamics of empire: Persia of the Achaemenids, 485 -- Hellas: the Hellenic world in 485 -- Sparta 485: a unique culture and society -- Thermopylae I: mobilization -- Thermopylae II: preparations for battle -- Thermopylae III: the battle -- The Thermopylae legend I: antiquity -- The Thermopylae legend II: from antiquity to modernity -- Thermopylae: turning-point in world history -- Appendix 1: the invention of history: Herodotus and other ancient sources -- Appendix 2: Herodotus's Persian Muster-lists: a translation -- Appendix 3: Herodotus: antidote to fundamentalism.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 265-295) and index.
LCCN 2006050175
ISBN1585675660
ISBN9781585675661

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Joyner General Stacks DF225.5 C37 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold