Studies on Ancient Sparta. Akanthina No. 14

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Studies on Ancient Sparta. Akanthina No. 14

Autor: Ryszard Kulesza, Nicholas Sekunda (ed.)

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego

The following volume contains the majority of the 'syssitia’ series of lectures delivered in Warsaw beginning in 2013. These lectures were concerned with various aspects of the history of ancient Sparta. Their variety is reflected in the contents of this volume. The lecture series and this publication has been financed by the Polish Ministry of Higher Education and Science as part of project number 11H 12 0121 81, completed on behalf of the National Programme lor the Development of the Humanities. The contributions in the first part of this volume deal with social questions concerning ancient Sparta, while the second part of the volume deals with historical questions.

Table of contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Maciej Kokoszko

Mélas zomós (μέλας ζωμός), or on a Certain Spartan Dish. A Source Study . . . 9

Aleksander Wolicki

Women and Sport in Classical Sparta – Myth and Reality . . .. . 29

Jacek Rzepka

From the Fight for the Cheese to the Contest of Endurance –

a Revolution or an Evolution? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 57

Sebastian Rajewicz

Gennaiai Kynes. Laconian Hounds . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Magdalena Myszkowska-Kaszuba

Nέοι, μέσοι, γέροντες. Intergenerational Interactions in Sparta . . . . . .. 85

Anna M. Kruszyńska

Spartan Wives, Mothers, Grandmothers and Daughters. Marriage and the Family

in Ancient Sparta from the Women’s Point of View . . . . . . .. . 101

Mait Kõiv

Amyklai: Rituals, Traditions and the Origins of Spartan State . . . . . . . 129

Ryszard Kulesza

Leonidas. Myth and Reality . . . . . . . . . .  . . 165

Nicholas Sekunda

Pausanias and the Murder of the Helots (Thuc. 4.80.3–4) . . . . . . .. . 183

Alexander A. Sinitsyn

The Spartan General Brasidas, the Macedonian King Perdiccas II,

and Chalcidian Poleis in the Thracian Campaign of 424–423 BC: Remarks on the

History of the ‘Triple Alliance’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Marek Jan Olbrycht

Agesilaus’ Cavalry Tactics at Narthacion and Coroneia (394 BC) . . . . . .  . . 247

Wojciech Duszyński

The Naval Battle of Naxos and the Spartan Naval Campaign in the Aegean in 376 BC . .. 255

Krzysztof Nawotka

Alexander the Great, Sparta, and Ps.-Callisthenes . . . . .. . . . 271