The Gymnasium of Virtue: Education & Culture in Ancient SpartaThe 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 ed |
Contents
PREFACE | |
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
IN THE TRACK OF THE FAMOUS | 5 |
TRAINING UP THE YOUTH | 28 |
THE CONTESTS OF THE LATER | 49 |
THE LYCURGAN CUSTOMS | 70 |
THE INVENTOR OF THE AGOGE | 98 |
FROM ARTEMIS TO THE DIOSCURI | 115 |
CONCLUSION | 143 |
Testimonia on the Whipping Contest | 149 |
The Status of Amyclae | 162 |
NOTES | 171 |
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Other editions - View all
The Gymnasium of Virtue: Education and Culture in Ancient Sparta Nigel M. Kennell Limited preview - 2000 |
The Gymnasium of Virtue: Education & Culture in Ancient Sparta Nigel M. Kennell No preview available - 1995 |
The Gymnasium of Virtue: Education and Culture in Ancient Sparta Nigel M. Kennell No preview available - 2007 |
Common terms and phrases
Achaean age grades agōgē agōge's altar Amyclae Ancient Sparta Archaic Artemis Orthia Athenian Athens biduoi boua bouagos boys Cartledge and Spawforth Chapter Chrimes city's Classical period Cleomenes constitution cultural Dawkins Dioscuri eirenes endurance contest ephebes ephors epigraphical evidence festival FGrHist Greek Gymnopaediae hēbōntes Hellenistic and Roman Hesych hippeis Hyacinthia inscriptions Inst Institutions Laconian Legend of Sparta Lucian Anach Lycurgus melleirenes Mesoa names ōba ōbai patronomos Paus Pausanias phase Philopoemen Platanistas Plut Plutarch ritual Roman period Roman Sparta sanctuary second century B.C. SEG XI sickle dedications Sosibius Sparta and Lakonia Spartan Army Spartan education Spartan ephebes Spartiates Sphaerus sphaireis status Stoic teams third century Tigerstedt tion traditional tribes victory whips word Xenophon young Spartans γὰρ δὲ εἰς ἐκ ἐν ἐπὶ καὶ μὲν μὴ οἱ περὶ πρὸς τὰ τὰς ταῦτα τε τῇ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τὸν τοῦ τοὺς τῷ τῶν
References to this book
The Development of the Polis in Archaic Greece Lynette Mitchell,P.J. Rhodes No preview available - 2003 |