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The Road to Sparta

Author : Dean Karnazes
Publisher : Rodale
ISBN 13 : 1609614747
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book The Road to Sparta written by Dean Karnazes and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Road to Sparta is the story of the 153-mile run from Athens to Sparta that inspired the marathon and saved democracy, as told--and experienced--by ultramarathoner and New York Times bestselling author Dean Karnazes. In 490 BCE, Pheidippides ran for 36 hours straight from Athens to Sparta to seek help in defending Athens from a Persian invasion in the Battle of Marathon. In doing so, he saved the development of Western civilization and inspired the birth of the marathon as we know it. Even now, some 2,500 years later, that run stands enduringly as one of greatest physical accomplishments in the history of mankind. Karnazes personally honors Pheidippides and his own Greek heritage by recreating this ancient journey in modern times. Karnazes even abstains from contemporary endurance nutrition like sports drinks and energy gels and only eats what was available in 490 BCE, such as figs, olives, and cured meats. Through vivid details and internal dialogs, The Road to Sparta offers a rare glimpse into the mindset and motivation of an extreme athlete during his most difficult and personal challenge to date. This story is sure to captivate and inspire--whether you run great distances or not at all.

Spartans

Author : Nigel M. Kennell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444360531
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book Spartans written by Nigel M. Kennell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-19 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spartans: A New History chronicles the complete history of ancient Sparta from its origins to the end of antiquity. Helps bridge the gap between the common conceptions of Sparta and what specialists believe and dispute about Spartan history Applies new techniques, perspectives, and archaeological evidence to the question of what it was to be a Spartan Takes into account new specialist scholarship and research published in Greek, which is not readily available elsewhere Places Spartan society into its wider Greek context

A Spartan's Journey

Author : Weston Liefer
Publisher : Tate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1618626205
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book A Spartan's Journey written by Weston Liefer and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spartans, our spears will be like Zeus's lightning bolts. Our war cries will shake Olympus! The yells of terror from every Persian will bring a smile to every Greek. The gods will hear us, and they will know that we are Spartan! They will know that once an enemy of Sparta steps onto Laconian soil, they will not be leaving!' In one more year, Lycus will turn eighteen and will graduate the agoge. His training has led him to prove himself as the most talented of the agoge trainees, to study under a great Spartan warrior, and to become one of the greatest warriors in the land. He's ready to finish his training and gain experience in battle. But all that changes, however, when the Spartans hear of a coming invasion from the Persian Empire. In the midst of his final test, Lycus finds himself as an integral part of the battle strategy, even though he's inexperienced and has never led men into battle. He discovers not only his potential and faithful friends but a great destiny that's been waiting for hima "if he can survive. Join author Weston Liefer on the adventure of a lifetime in A Spartan's Journey: The First Strike!"

On Sparta

Author : Plutarch
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141925507
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book On Sparta written by Plutarch and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-05-26 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plutarch's vivid and engaging portraits of the Spartans and their customs are a major source of our knowledge about the rise and fall of this remarkable Greek city-state between the sixth and third centuries BC. Through his Lives of Sparta's leaders and his recording of memorable Spartan Sayings he depicts a people who lived frugally and mastered their emotions in all aspects of life, who also disposed of unhealthy babies in a deep chasm, introduced a gruelling regime of military training for boys, and treated their serfs brutally. Rich in anecdote and detail, Plutarch's writing brings to life the personalities and achievements of Sparta with unparalleled flair and humanity.

A Spartan Journey

Author : Dale Anderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781532309915
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book A Spartan Journey written by Dale Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Birth of a Warrior

Author : Michael Ford
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408829339
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Birth of a Warrior written by Michael Ford and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lysander had to leave his roots as a Helot slave far behind him, when he discovered his true identity as the descendant of a Spartan warrior. The training is ruthless and now he faces his toughest challenge. Sent to the mountains with nothing but a goatskin flask, he and two other boys must prove their ability to survive before they can return. Facing starvation, wild animals and the elements, Lysander discovers that his real enemy is in fact one of the other boys, sent to sabotage his trial. From his vantage point in the mountains, Lysander can see another threat on the horizon - the Persians are invading. He must prove his worth as a Spartan and return to the village as soon as possible in order to warn of the attack. But who is Lysander fighting for - to save Spartan honour, or to protect the Helot slaves, whom he used to live among?

Spartan Up!

Author : Joe De Sena
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544286170
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (442 download)

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Download or read book Spartan Up! written by Joe De Sena and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to Spartan Races (races meant to challenge, to push, to intimidate, to test) from one of the "founding few" and creators, Joe De Sena.

Spartan

Author : Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416561609
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Spartan written by Valerio Massimo Manfredi and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-07-31 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of passion, courage and magic, Spartan is an enthralling novel of the ancient world.

Spartan Warriors

Author : Lois Sepahban
Publisher : Child's World
ISBN 13 : 9781631437601
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (376 download)

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Download or read book Spartan Warriors written by Lois Sepahban and published by Child's World. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces readers to Spartan warriors, including their history and famous battles, uniforms and weapons, and training and tactics.

A Spartan's Journey

Author : Bill Bodeen
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780805970067
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book A Spartan's Journey written by Bill Bodeen and published by Dorrance Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Warrior Ethos

Author : Steven Pressfield
Publisher : Black Irish Entertainment LLC
ISBN 13 : 1936891018
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book The Warrior Ethos written by Steven Pressfield and published by Black Irish Entertainment LLC. This book was released on 2011-03-02 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WARS CHANGE, WARRIORS DON'T We are all warriors. Each of us struggles every day to define and defend our sense of purpose and integrity, to justify our existence on the planet and to understand, if only within our own hearts, who we are and what we believe in. Do we fight by a code? If so, what is it? What is the Warrior Ethos? Where did it come from? What form does it take today? How do we (and how can we) use it and be true to it in our internal and external lives? The Warrior Ethos is intended not only for men and women in uniform, but artists, entrepreneurs and other warriors in other walks of life. The book examines the evolution of the warrior code of honor and "mental toughness." It goes back to the ancient Spartans and Athenians, to Caesar's Romans, Alexander's Macedonians and the Persians of Cyrus the Great (not excluding the Garden of Eden and the primitive hunting band). Sources include Herodotus, Thucydides, Plutarch, Xenophon, Vegetius, Arrian and Curtius--and on down to Gen. George Patton, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, and Israeli Minister of Defense, Moshe Dayan.

The Bronze Lie

Author : Myke Cole
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472843746
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book The Bronze Lie written by Myke Cole and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering Sparta's full classical history, The Bronze Lie examines the myth of Spartan warrior supremacy. The last stand at Thermopylae made the Spartans legends in their own time, famous for their toughness, stoicism and martial prowess – but was this reputation earned? This book paints a very different picture of Spartan warfare – punctuated by frequent and heavy losses. We also discover a society dedicated to militarism not in service to Greek unity or to the Spartan state itself, but as a desperate measure intended to keep its massive population of helots (a near-slave underclass) in line. What successes there were, such as in the Peloponnesian Wars, gave Sparta only a brief period of hegemony over Greece. Today, there is no greater testament to this than the relative position of modern Sparta and its famous rival Athens. The Bronze Lie explores the Spartans' arms and armor, tactics and strategy, the personalities of commanders and the common soldiery alike. It looks at the major battles, with a special focus on previously under-publicized Spartan reverses that have been left largely unexamined. The result is a refreshingly honest and accurate account of Spartan warfare.

The Gymnasium of Virtue

Author : Nigel M. Kennell
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807862452
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Gymnasium of Virtue written by Nigel M. Kennell and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2000-11-09 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Nigel Kennell refutes the popular notion that classical Spartan education was a conservative amalgam of "primitive" customs not found elsewhere in Greece. He argues instead that later political and cultural movements made the system appear to be more distinctive than it actually had been, as a means of asserting Sparta's claim to be a unique society. Using epigraphical, literary, and archaeological evidence, Kennell describes the development of all aspects of Spartan education, including the age-grade system and physical contests that were integral to the system. He shows that Spartan education reached its apogee in the early Roman Empire, when Spartans sought to distinguish themselves from other Greeks. He attributes many of the changes instituted later in the period to one person--the philosopher Sphaerus the Borysthenite, who was an adviser to the revolutionary king Cleomenes III in the third century B.C.

Spartans

Author : Paul Dinzeo
Publisher : Childrens Press
ISBN 13 : 9780531207840
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Spartans written by Paul Dinzeo and published by Childrens Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Engaging images accompany information about Spartans. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.

The Spartan Regime

Author : Paul Anthony Rahe
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300224613
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Spartan Regime written by Paul Anthony Rahe and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] monumental history . . . explaining . . . how Sparta’s early strategic role in the Greek world was inseparable from the uniqueness of its origins and values.” (David Hanson, The Hoover Institution, author of The Other Greeks) For centuries, ancient Sparta has been glorified in song, fiction, and popular art. Yet the true nature of a civilization described as a combination of democracy and oligarchy by Aristotle, considered an ideal of liberty in the ages of Machiavelli and Rousseau, and viewed as a forerunner of the modern totalitarian state by many twentieth-century scholars has long remained a mystery. In a bold new approach to historical study, noted historian Paul Rahe attempts to unravel the Spartan riddle by deploying the regime-oriented political science of the ancient Greeks, pioneered by Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, Xenophon, and Polybius, in order to provide a more coherent picture of government, art, culture, and daily life in Lacedaemon than has previously appeared in print, and to explore the grand strategy the Spartans devised before the arrival of the Persians in the Aegean. “Persuasive.” —Thomas E. Ricks, New York Times Book Review “Rahe thinks and writes big. . . . The Spartan Regime breaks important new ground.” —Jacob Howland, Commentary “An important new history. . . . The story of this ancient clash of civilizations, masterfully told by Paul Rahe . . . provides a timely reminder about strategic challenges and choices confronting the United States.” —John Maurer, Claremont Review of Books “Rahe’s ability to reveal the human side beneath [an] austere exterior is one of many reasons to read this beautifully written, meticulously researched, and deeply engaging book.” —Waller R. Newell, Washington Free Beacon “A serious scholarly endeavor.” —Eric W. Robinson, American Historical Review

The End of Sparta

Author : Victor Davis Hanson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1608191648
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book The End of Sparta written by Victor Davis Hanson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale inspired by the battles of ancient Greek military leader Epaminondas is told through the eyes of a farmer who leaves his home to serve under the general and who is swept up against his better judgment in the fervor to bring democracy to regions oppressed by the Spartans. A first novel by the historian author of The Father of Us All. 40,000 first printing.

A Journey Through Greek Myths

Author : Marchella Ward
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1911171577
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book A Journey Through Greek Myths written by Marchella Ward and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the very beginnings of the Universe in Greek myths to the incredible Labours of Heracles, explore this enchanting and complex world through beautiful storytelling by expert Marchella Ward, and breathtaking artwork from Sander Berg. Take a journey through Ancient Greece and delve deep into its mythology in this stunning compendium of tales. From the heros of Athens and Sparta to Orpheus and Persephone in the Underworld, take a magical illustrated journey through the Mediterranean to learn about the places where each story took place.