Paul Christesen, Dartmouth/AIAS
Leisure as Luxury in Ancient Sparta
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Ancient Spartans have long been defined by their reputation for having lived a life of austere selfdiscipline in a city that resembled an army camp. I seek to radically revise our understanding of the Spartans by showing that Sparta was a community founded in and fanatically dedicated to a particular form of luxury: leisure. Spartan citizens (Spartiates), both male and female, young and old, were forbidden to engage in any kind of economically productive activity
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