TY - SOUND AU - Shutt,Timothy Baker TI - A history of ancient Sparta: valor, virtue, and devotion in the Greek golden age T2 - Modern scholar SN - 9781436178174 : U1 - 938.9 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Prince Frederick, Md. PB - Recorded Books KW - Sparta (Extinct city) KW - History N1 - Compact disc; Course guide includes bibliographical references; Aura and overview: "Come and take them." -- Geography and origins -- Institutions: What made the Spartans so different? -- Government and religion -- Spartan art and culture -- Women in Sparta -- The early days: Before the Persian wars -- The Ionian revolt to Marathon, 490 BCE -- Their finest hour: Artemisium and Thermopylae, 490-480 BCE -- The triumph of the Greeks : Salamis and Plataea, 480-479 BCE -- Earthquake, revolt, stormclouds gathering: The Peloponnesian War to the peace of Nicias -- Sparta triumphant: From the peace of Nicias to Aegospotami -- Triumph and nemesis: From the destruction of the Long Walls at Athens to Leuctra and beyond; Professor Timothy B. Shutt, Kenyon College, lecturer; Audio; Recorded Books N2 - Explores the history and culture of ancient Sparta, a society renowned for military excellence and adherence to the values of courage, discipline,duty, and the overcoming of fear ER -