Thermopylae The Battle that Changed the World
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| ISBN(EAN) | 9780330419185 |
| Издатель |
Pan Macmillan
(сайт издательства) |
| Язык | Английский |
| Формат | Мягкая обложка |
| Страницы | 352 |
| Год издания | 2004 |
| Рейтинг | 4.6 |
| Вес (грамм) | 294 |
| Размер (мм) | 198(д) х 130(ш) х 22(в) |
Thus did the poet Simonides remember the three hundred elite Spartan warriors who, led by their king, Leonidas, faced the vast, inrushing Persian army at the `hot gates' of Thermopylae and fought to the death for an ideal dearer to them than life itself - the ideal of freedom. Paul Cartledge's offers a compelling re-examination of this crucial moment in history, a epic clash of civilizations that helped shape the identity of Classical Greece and our own cultural heritage.
`Our greatest living expert on Sparta tells the story of that fearsome city's finest hour. The result is a book that wonderfully demonstrates the capacity of profound scholarship to thrill, to move and to inspire' Tom Holland, author of Rubicon and Persian Fire.
`Our greatest living expert on Sparta tells the story of that fearsome city's finest hour. The result is a book that wonderfully demonstrates the capacity of profound scholarship to thrill, to move and to inspire' Tom Holland, author of Rubicon and Persian Fire.
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