Athens - Sparta

New York: Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, 2006. Softcover. VG. Black illus. wraps with white lettering; 318 pp. with 181 catalogue illustrations. Text in English; discusses the history, rivalry between Athens and Sparta, artistic antiquties, coinage, etc.; a very thorough book; includes maps. Contents as follows: The history of Athens from the eighth to the late fifth century B.C. / Yannis A. Lolos. -- Sparta : the eighth to the late fifth century B.C. / Yanis Pikoulas. -- The topography of Athens from the birth of the city-state until the Peloponnesian War / Elisavet Spathari. -- The monuments of ancient Sparta / Eleni Kourinou-Pikoula. -- Athens and Sparta in the geometric period : toward the creation of the city-state / Nikolaos Kaltsas. -- Sculpture in Athens, sixth-fifth century B.C. / Ismini Trianti. -- Laconian stone sculpture from the eighth century B.C. until the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War / Georgia Kokkorou-Alevras. -- Attic vase painting / Elisavet Stasinopoulou-Kakarouga. -- Laconian pottery / Maria Pipili. -- Athenian metalworking / Rosa Proskynitopoulou. -- Laconian metalworking / Rosa Proskynitopoulou. -- The Persian Wars / Eleni Kourinou-Pikoula. -- The Spartan tradition: the "War" that still goes on / Paul Cartledge. -- The coinage of Athens / Ioannis Touratsoglou. -- The coinage of Sparta / Ioannis Touratsoglou. -- The rivalry between Athens and Sparta / Donald Kagan. (Inventory #: 108245)