Sparta in Plutarch's Lives

Philip Davies' research interests focus on ancient Sparta. He is the author of the forthcoming monograph Standing among the Spartans: Institutions and Status within the Spartiate Community, as well as various articles/chapters on interpretative issues raised by our diverse ancient sources for Sparta. He is Assistant Professor of Ancient Greek History at the University of Nottingham. Judith Mossman specialises in Greek literature of the fifth century BC and the second/third century AD and is the author of two books and multiple edited volumes and articles on Euripides and Plutarch. She is currently professor and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Arts and Humanities) at Coventry University. At the time of writing she is Vice-President of the Hellenic Society and President of the International Plutarch Society.

Introduction
Plutarch's Life of Lycurgus: Greek Lawgivers and the Construction of Spartan Exceptionalism
Plutarch and Sparta's Military Characteristics in the Parallel Lives of Lykourgos and Numa
Plutarch on Tyrtaios and the Great Rhetra
Narrative Techniques, Literary Echoes and Interpretation: Lysander and Agesilaus
Equal Contributors? Agesilaus and Lysander Within Plutarch's 'Spartan Cycle'
A Doubles Match: Agis-Cleomenes and the Gracchi
Plutarch and Spartan Speech(es)
Smelling the Black Soup: Sparta, Moralism, and Political Allusion in Plutarch
Index of Passages Discussed
Index