[publicclassics] Herodotus, Sparta and Austerity, eds. A. Powell & S. Hodkinson

[Stephen Hodkinson]

Just published: Herodotus, Sparta and Austerity, edited by Anton Powell† and Stephen Hodkinson (The Classical Press of Wales, Swansea, 2025). ISBN 9781914535444; e-book 9781914535451.

This is the 13th volume published by the International Sparta Seminar and the 4th in its 'Source + Sparta' series (following Xenophon and Sparta; Thucydides and Sparta; and Sparta in Plutarch’s Lives).

Contents:

'Introduction', Stephen Hodkinson (including a survey of the achievement of the late Anton Powell in founding and co-organising the International Sparta Seminar since 1986)

'Herodotus, the Spartan revolution and the logic of extremes', Anton Powell

'Herodotus and Spartan obedience', Andrew J Bayliss

'Spartan individuals in Herodotus: patterns of anecdotes', Nancy Bouidghaghen

'Was military success essential to the influence of Spartan kings? The evidence of Herodotus', Stephen Hodkinson

'The sociopolitical status of the three hundred heroes of Thermopylai', Thomas J Figueira

'Herodotus and the Peloponnesians', Maria Pretzler

'In the picture, out of the spotlight: Herodotus, Plutarch and Sparta', Philip Davies

'Kleomenes and the golden cups: Spartan austerity in modern scholarship', Nigel Kennell

'Herodotus, Spartan "austerity" and the material record: "Spartan and Lakonian sanctuaries between the post-palatial and Archaic periods', Florentia Fragkopoulou

'Herodotus and Spartan material culture', James Lloyd

'The spectacular nature of Spartan austerity: an oxymoron?', Ellen Millender




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