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Paul Anthony Cartledge

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Born: March 22 1947

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Paul Anthony Cartledge is the 1st A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge University, having previously held a personal chair in Greek History at Cambridge. He was educated at St Paul's School & New College, Oxford where he took his 1st degree & completed his doctoral thesis in Spartan archaeology in 1975 under Prof. Sir John Boardman. After a period at the University of Warwick he moved in 10/79 to Cambridge University where he's a fellow of Clare College.
He's a world expert on Athens & Sparta in the Classical Age & has been described as a Laconophile. He was chief historical consultant for the BBC TV series The Greeks & the Channel 4 series The Spartans, presented by Bettany Hughes. He's also a holder of the Gold Cross of the Order of Honour & an Honorary Citizen of modern Sparta. Besides the Leventis Professorship, he holds a visiting Global Distinguished Professorship at New York University, funded by the Greek Parliament.

Paul Anthony Cartledge

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Born: March 22 1947

Website: Go to Website

Paul Anthony Cartledge is the 1st A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge University, having previously held a personal chair in Greek History at Cambridge. He was educated at St Paul's School & New College, Oxford where he took his 1st degree & completed his doctoral thesis in Spartan archaeology in 1975 under Prof. Sir John Boardman. After a period at the University of Warwick he moved in 10/79 to Cambridge University where he's a fellow of Clare College.
He's a world expert on Athens & Sparta in the Classical Age & has been described as a Laconophile. He was chief historical consultant for the BBC TV series The Greeks & the Channel 4 series The Spartans, presented by Bettany Hughes. He's also a holder of the Gold Cross of the Order of Honour & an Honorary Citizen of modern Sparta. Besides the Leventis Professorship, he holds a visiting Global Distinguished Professorship at New York University, funded by the Greek Parliament.

Books from Paul Anthony Cartledge

The Spartans: The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Ancient Greece: A Very Short Introduction

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece

3.3/5 ( ratings)

What Is History Now?

3.2/5 ( ratings)

Democracy: A Life

3.7/5 ( ratings)

After Thermopylae: The Oath of Plataea and the End of the Graeco-Persian Wars

3.6/5 ( ratings)

The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Democritus

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Sparta and Lakonia: A Regional History 1300-362 BC

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Hellenistic and Roman Sparta

3.3/5 ( ratings)

The Cambridge World History of Slavery: Volume 1, the Ancient Mediterranean World

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Memories of Odysseus: Tales from the Ancient Greek Frontier

Kosmos: Essays in Order, Conflict and Community in Classical Athens

3.6/5 ( ratings)

A History of Greece: From the Time of Solon to 403 B.C.

Cults and Rites in Ancient Greece

Hiero the Tyrant and Other Treatises (Hiero / Agesilaus / Cavalery Commander / Horsemanship / On Hunting / Ways and Means)

Nomos: Essays in Athenian Law, Politics and Society

Greek Religion and Society

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