Quote:Was this not a work of fiction? And is Paul Carteledge not a scholar?

Quote:I personally have never come across him before. But I am not a student, just an amature!

Quote:Paul Cartledge is Professor of Greek History, but has broad interdisciplinary interests within the whole field of ancient world studies, having started his career with a doctoral thesis in (Spartan) archaeology at Oxford (1975, supervisor Professor Sir John Boardman). He is the author, co-author, editor or co-editor of 20 or so books of varying weights and sizes, with a concentration on the history and reception of ancient Sparta, and a concern to reach out to wider publics than just fellow-professionals. Forthcoming in September 2006 is Thermopylae. the Battle that Changed the World , addressed to the same sort of general readership as his Alexander the Great. The Hunt for a New Past (revised edn 2005). For students of classics, history and related disciplines he has written The Greeks. A Portrait of Self and Others (2nd edn, 2002) and The Greeks. Crucible of Civilization (2001), and edited and largely written The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece (revised pb edn 2002). He is co-editor of two monograph series, 'Key Themes in Ancient History' (for C.U.P., with Cambridge colleague, Peter Garnsey), and 'Classical Inter/Faces' (for Overlook-Duckworth, with Susanna Morton Braund, originally of Cambridge, now Stanford). He is an honorary citizen of Sparta and holds the Gold Cross of the Order of Honour awarded by the President of the Hellenic Republic. He is a Syndic (trustee) of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University, and an active member of the pressure group The British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles.