Aristotle: Constitution of Sparta

Further Readings

Articles

• Dickens, Guy. “The Growth of Spartan Policy.” Journal of Hellenic Studies 32 (1912): 1–42.
• Hammond, N. G. L. “The Lycurgean Reform at Sparta.” Journal of Hellenic Studies 70 (1950): 42–64.
• Salmon, John. “Political Hoplites?” Journal of Hellenic Studies 97 (1977): 84–101.
• Sihler, E. G. “Aristotle's Criticisms of the Spartan Government.” Classical Review 7, no. 10 (December 1893): 439–443.

Books

• Cartledge, Paul. The Spartans: The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece, from Utopia to Crisis and Collapse. Woodstock, N.Y.: Overlook Press, 2003.
• Forrest, W. G. The Emergence of Greek Democracy: The Character of Greek Politics, 800–400 B.C. London: Weidenfield & Nicolson, 1966.
• Huxley, George Leonard. Early Sparta. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1970.
• Powell, Anton, and Stephen Hodkinson. The Shadow of Sparta. London: Routledge for the Classical Press of Wales, 1994.

Web Sites

• “Sparta Reconsidered—Sparta the First Democracy.” Elysium Gates Web site. http://elysiumgates.com/~helena/Revolution.html.
• “Sparta.” Plato and His Dialogues Web site. http://plato-dialogues.org/tools/loc/sparta.htm.