Episode 126: What’s the Deal with the Spartans?

Apr 21

Written By Emma Southon

Sources

Andrew Baylis. 2025. Sparta: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Superpower.
Andrew Baylis. 2022. The Spartans: A Very Short Introduction
Bret Devereaux. 2019-2022. This Isn’t Sparta (7 Parts) https://acoup.blog/2019/08/16/collections-this-isnt-sparta-part-i-spartan-school/
Paul Cartledge. 2003. The Spartans.

Primary:

Xenophon. Constitution of the Spartans.
Herodotus. Thermopylae in Histories begins Life of Lycurgus.
Plutarch. Life of Lycurgus. https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Lycurgus*.html

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