2 QUOTES WITH «SPARTA»
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Sparta.
But let us not too hastily triumph in the shame of Sparta, lest we aggravate our own condemnation.
Little Sparta is a garden in the traditional sense. It is perhaps not like other modern gardens, but I think that other times would have had no difficulty with it.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPARTA»
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Sparta in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Billy Collins writes that Roxana Robinson is “a master at . . . the work of excavating the truths about ourselves”; The Washington Post’s Jonathan Yardley calls her “one of our best writers.” In Sparta, with the powerful insight ...
This volume introduces the reader to every important aspect of the society of Sparta, the dominant power in southern Greece from the seventh century B.C. and the great rival of Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries.
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Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and ...
For thirty years Benedict Kiernan has been deeply involved in the study of genocide and crimes against humanity.
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Sparta: New Perspectives
Here are fourteen original pieces of archaeological research from eminent scholars Han van Wees, Jean Ducat, H.W. Singor, Nicolas Richer, Ephraim David, Stephen Hodkinson, Nigel Kennell, Thomas Figueira, Massimo Nafissi, P-J Shaw, Paul ...
Stephen Hodkinson, Anton Powell, 2009
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Amazons of Black
Sparta: The Women Warriors of Dahomey
This volume examines the Amazons, whose existence has been verified via documents and eye-witness accounts from battles for the West African kingdom of Dahomey in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Stanley Bernard Alpern, 1998
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Leonidas of
Sparta: A Peerless Peer
This is the second book in a trilogy of biographical novels about Leonidas and Gorgo. The first book, "A Boy of the Agoge," described Leonidas's childhood in Sparta's infamous public school.
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The Gymnasium of Virtue: Education & Culture in Ancient
Sparta
The Gymnasium of Virtue is the first book devoted exclusively to the study of education in ancient Sparta, covering the period from the sixth century B.C. to the fourth century A.D. In placing the agoge in its proper historical and cultural ...
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Leonidas and the Kings of
Sparta: Mightiest Warriors, ...
This pivotal history of the kings of Sparta not only describes their critical leadership in war, but also documents the waxing and waning of their social, political, and religious powers in the Spartan state.
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Alcman and the Cosmos of
Sparta
A provocative reinterpretation of the Partheneion and its broader context, Alcman and the Cosmos of Sparta excavates the poem’s invocations of widespread and long-lived cosmological ideas that cast the universe as perfectly harmonious and ...
This is the saga of a Spartan family, torn apart by a cruel law that forces them to abandon one of their two sons - born lame - to the elements.
Valerio Massimo Manfredi, 2011
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPARTA»
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Sparta is used in the context of the following news items.
Off-duty State Trooper shot at teens in Sparta
The state Attorney General's Shooting Response Team is investigating a confrontation between an off-duty State Trooper who fired his gun at three teens he ... «Daily Record, Jul 15»
China's '300': When Spartans met the Beijing police
Dozens of half-naked models, dressed as Spartan warriors -- familiar to Chinese moviegoers from the 2006 action-fantasy film "300" -- were subdued by Beijing ... «CNN, Jul 15»
Sparta man, 21, charged in hit-and-run boat accident that injured …
SPARTA — Police have confirmed the arrest of a 21-year-old township resident who was involved in a hit-and-run boating accident on Lake Mohawk shortly ... «New Jersey Herald, Jun 15»
Two Sparta men dead in separate incidents
According to Sparta Police Chief Sean Lukes, officers responded to 140 W. Broadway St. shortly after 2 a.m. after they received a call that someone had been ... «Belleville News-Democrat, Jun 15»
Sparta man pleads not guilty to creating black ice to mask crash
SPARTA--A man who police say poured water onto a freezing road to try to fool police officers into thinking the cause of his drunken car crash was black ice has ... «Daily Record, Feb 15»
Sparta police: Drunk drivers 'iced' intersection
SPARTA – Two men were charged with driving while intoxicated after one of them crashed his BMW and then returned with the other to pour water on the road to ... «Daily Record, Feb 15»
In Pictures: Bhoys in Spain, Celtic 2 Sparta Prague 3
Sparta equalised on 24 minutes when Marek Matejovsky blasted home and took ... area and Borek Dockal slotted home to give Sparta a 3-1 lead at half-time. «Scottish Daily Record, Jan 15»
UPDATE: Fire now out at Sparta Police Department
SPARTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- A morning fire at a beauty supply store spread to the Sparta Police Department. The fire broke out around 4:30 Wednesday morning ... «WRDW-TV, Jan 15»
Total War: Rome 2 - Wrath of Sparta Expansion Release Date …
Set at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War - a historical conflict between the city-states of Sparta and Athens - the expansion takes players to ancient Greece ... «IGN, Dec 14»
Three teens from Nixa, one teen from Sparta killed in crash
The driver, Landon Potts, 17 and passengers, Logan Middleton, 19, and Cody Uber, 19 were from Nixa; and Lance Porterfield, 19 of Sparta died in the crash. «KY3, Nov 14»
