{"product_id":"thermopylae-the-battle-that-changed-the-world-1","title":"Paul Cartledge: Thermopylae [2013] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Go tell the Spartans, Passerby,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e That here, obedient to their laws, we lie'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Thus did the poet Simonides remember the three hundred elite Spartan warriors who, led by their king, Leonidas, faced the vast, inrushing Persian army at the `hot gates' of Thermopylae and fought to the death for an ideal dearer to them than life itself - the ideal of freedom. Paul Cartledge's offers a compelling re-examination of this crucial moment in history, a epic clash of civilizations that helped shape the identity of Classical Greece and our own cultural heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `Our greatest living expert on Sparta tells the story of that fearsome city's finest hour. The result is a book that wonderfully demonstrates the capacity of profound scholarship to thrill, to move and to inspire' Tom Holland, author of \u003ci\u003eRubicon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePersian Fire \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `The world's leading authority on ancient Sparta' Noel Malcolm, \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Go tell the Spartans, Passerby,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e That here, obedient to their laws, we lie'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Thus did the poet Simonides remember the three hundred elite Spartan warriors who, led by their king, Leonidas, faced the vast, inrushing Persian army at the `hot gates' of Thermopylae and fought to the death for an ideal dearer to them than life itself - the ideal of freedom. Paul Cartledge's offers a compelling re-examination of this crucial moment in history, a epic clash of civilizations that helped shape the identity of Classical Greece and our own cultural heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `Our greatest living expert on Sparta tells the story of that fearsome city's finest hour. The result is a book that wonderfully demonstrates the capacity of profound scholarship to thrill, to move and to inspire' Tom Holland, author of \u003ci\u003eRubicon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePersian Fire \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `The world's leading authority on ancient Sparta' Noel Malcolm, \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cartledge, Paul","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":48133836013907,"sku":"XG81447237211","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":44493863485730,"sku":"9781447237211","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/cartledge-paul-paul-cartledge-thermopylae-2013-paperback-60250680721747.jpg?v=1733032398","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/thermopylae-the-battle-that-changed-the-world-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}