Spartan Education : Youth and Society in the Classical Period

Jean Ducat Is The Leading French Authority On Classical Sparta. Here Is What Is Likely To Be Seen As His Magnum Opus. Ducat Systematically Collects, Translates And Evaluates The Sources - Famous And Obscure Alike - For Spartan Education. He Deploys His Familiar Combination Of Good Judgement And Uncompromising Recognition Of The Limits To Our Knowledge, While Drawing At Times On Aspects Of French Structuralism. This Book Is Likely To Become The Definitive Reference On Its Subject, While Also Informing And Provoking The Future Work Of Others. Sparta Was Admitted By Greeks Generally, Even By Its Athenian Enemies, To Be The School Of Hellas. Ducat's Work Is Thus A Major Contribution To Our Understanding Of Greek Ideas, And Indeed To The History Of Education. -- From Dust Jacket. Introduction : Spartan Education Has A History -- 1. Documentary Sources -- 2. Image Of Spartan Education In The Fifth And Fourth Centuries B.c. -- 3. Structure And Organization -- 4. Hidden Face Of Spartan Education -- 5. Social Function Of Education -- 6. Education And Initiation -- 7. Education Of Girls -- 8. Education And Religion -- 9. Crypteia -- 10. Conclusion. Jean Ducat ; Translated By Emma Stafford, P.-j Shaw And Anton Powell. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 341-349) And Indexes. Contents 4 Acknowledgements 5 Introduction: Spartan education has a history 6 1. Documentary sources 15 2. The image of Spartan education in the fifth and fourth centuries BC 49 3. Structure and organization 83 4. The hidden face of Spartan education 133 5. The social function of education 153 6. Education and initiation 193 7. The education of girls 237 8. Education and religion 263 9. The Crypteia 295 10. Conclusion 347 Bibliography 355 Index locorum 365 Index nominum et rerum 369 Sparta was admitted by Greeks generally, even by its Athenian enemies, to be the School of Hellas. This title collects, translates and evaluates the sources for Spartan education.