Paul Cartledge

Paul Cartledge is a Professor of Greek History at Cambridge University, and a fellow of Clare College. A world expert on Athens and Sparta in the Classical Age, he has been described as a Laconophile. He was chief historical consultant for the BBC TV series "The Greeks" and the Channel 4 series "The Spartans", presented by Bettany Hughes.

Cartledge completed his doctoral thesis in Spartan archaeology at Oxford in 1975. His thesis advisor was Professor Sir John Boardman.

Bibliography

* "Aristophanes And His Theatre of the Absurd" (1989) Duckworth. ISBN 1853991147
* "Nomos : Essays in Athenian Law, Politics and Society" (1991) Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521370221
* "Spartan Reflections", a collection of essays new and revised (Duckworth 2001) ISBN 0-7156-2966-2
* "Sparta and Lakonia" (2nd edn. 2001)
* "Hellenistic and Roman Sparta" (rev. edns 2002) (with A. Spawforth)
* "The Greeks: A Portrait of Self and Others" (2nd ed, 2002), the product of research into Greek self-definition
* "Kosmos: essays in Order, Conflict and Community in Classical Athens " (coauthor Millett, Paul.) (2002) Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 0521525934
* "The Spartans: An Epic History" (2nd ed, 2003)
* "Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past" (2004)
* "Helots and Their Masters in Laconia and Messenia: Histories, Ideologies, Structures" (2004) Center for Hellenic Studies. ISBN 0674012232
* "Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World" (2006). The Overlook Press. ISBN 1585675660.

References

*cite web|accessdate=2008-01-19|url=http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/faculty/staff-bios/academic-research-staff/paul_cartledge/
title=Ancient History at Cambridge
work=Faculty of Classics
publisher=University of Cambridge

External links

*cite news|accessdate=2007-04-21 |url=http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2007-03-05-300-history_N.htm
work=USA Today
title=This is Sparta? The history behind the movie '300'
author=Dan Vergano
date=March 6, 2007 Interview with Paul Cartledge.