Screen LibrarySparta and the commemoration of war /
"An engaging, authoritative exploration of the ways in which the ancient Spartans thought about and remembered their wars and their war dead. Matthew Sears shows that the Spartan commemoration informs contemporary acts of remembrance. Thinking about Sparta, he suggests, inspires us to reconside...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge : |
| Publication Dates: | 2024. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"An engaging, authoritative exploration of the ways in which the ancient Spartans thought about and remembered their wars and their war dead. Matthew Sears shows that the Spartan commemoration informs contemporary acts of remembrance. Thinking about Sparta, he suggests, inspires us to reconsider our own relationship to conflict and memory"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 274 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-266) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781316519455 1316519457 9781009010535 1009010530 |
| Index Number: | DF261 |
| CLC: | K125 |
| Call Number: | K125/S439-1 |
| Contents: | Prologue: Brasidas at Amphipolis -- Memory and mirage -- Warrior poets -- Few against many -- The freedom of the Greeks -- Remembering Sparta's other liberators -- Agesilaus, first king of Greece -- From Thermopylae to 300 -- Epilogue : "Dulce et Decorum Est". |