03-09-2012, 03:12 AM
Hi, as usual don't have much time to start regurgitating bibliographies etc but I thought I'd like to offer some suggestions:
Look at Sparta (and "Greece") in broader terms. The single most valuable bibliography suggestion I can give would be Cartledge's "Sparta and Lakonia" which is inexpensive. It's a good synthesis and quite basic but should provide jumping off points for later thinking.
It can be quite date. The overview of Orthia is woefully bad compared to (relatively) recent work in that area and the stuff on the Greek oral tradition, usage of Homer as evidence etc....well....the best that can be said is that it's a start, I guess.
It should match up well with the upcoming Osprey in providing a background, I'd wager.
Look at Sparta (and "Greece") in broader terms. The single most valuable bibliography suggestion I can give would be Cartledge's "Sparta and Lakonia" which is inexpensive. It's a good synthesis and quite basic but should provide jumping off points for later thinking.
It can be quite date. The overview of Orthia is woefully bad compared to (relatively) recent work in that area and the stuff on the Greek oral tradition, usage of Homer as evidence etc....well....the best that can be said is that it's a start, I guess.
It should match up well with the upcoming Osprey in providing a background, I'd wager.
Jass
