01283cam a2200289 4500 770837930 TxAuBib 20050823120000.0 030530s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781585674022 $27.95 1585674028 $27.95 NjBwBT NjBwBT NMPL TxAuBib Cartledge, Paul. The Spartans [Book] : the world of the warrior heroes of ancient Greece, from utopia to crisis and collapse / Paul Cartledge. 1st ed. Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 2003. 304 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-294) and index. Bklst 05/15/2003. PW 04/14/2003. Kirkus 05/01/2003. Traces the history of the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, describes its distinctive military society and the unusual freedom of Spartan women, and discusses the influence which its culture has had on later civilizations. 20030619. Eleanor Steele Blocher Endowment Fund. Sparta (Extinct city) History. Sparta (Extinct city) Civilization.