Thermopylae : the battle that changed the world
(2006)
By:
Cartledge, Paul
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
938.03/CARTLEDGE,P
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Woodstock : Overlook Press, [2006]
©2006
©2006
DESCRIPTION
xxxvii, 313 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
1585675660, 9781585675661
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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