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

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