Sparta: how odd? is the title of the lecture by Prof. Paul Cartledge (University of Oxford).
The topic explores the community and polity of Sparta. For most non-Spartan ancient Greeks the community and polity of Sparta seemed decidedly odd: very military, exceptionally if not excessively pious, unusually liberal towards its women citizens, and unique in its compulsory educational cycle that included institutionalized homosexuality/pederasty. Against them, a modern trend of scholarship contends that Sparta was not all that odd, really. This lecture will side, decidedly and decisively, with the majority of non-Spartan ancient Greeks.
The event is to be held virtually and is a British School of Athens Friends’ Lecture. Webinar registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CoAcSkxcSR-L7dkKO6a_Bw
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For an article by Prof. Paul Cartledge see here.