Paul Cartledge

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Paul Cartledge is a Professor of Greek History at Cambridge University, and a fellow of Clare College. A world expert on Athens and Sparta in the Classical Age, he has been described as a Laconophile. He was chief historical consultant for the BBC TV series The Greeks and the Channel 4 series The Spartans, presented by Bettany Hughes.

Cartledge completed his doctoral thesis in Spartan archaeology at Oxford in 1975. His thesis advisor was Professor Sir John Boardman.

Bibliography

Aristophanes And His Theatre of the Absurd (1989) Duckworth. ISBN 1853991147
Nomos : Essays in Athenian Law, Politics and Society (1991) Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521370221
Spartan Reflections, a collection of essays new and revised (Duckworth 2001) ISBN 0-7156-2966-2
Sparta and Lakonia (2nd edn. 2001)
Hellenistic and Roman Sparta (rev. edns 2002) (with A. Spawforth)
The Greeks: A Portrait of Self and Others (2nd ed, 2002), the product of research into Greek self-definition
Kosmos: essays in Order, Conflict and Community in Classical Athens (coauthor Millett, Paul.) (2002) Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 0521525934
The Spartans: An Epic History (2nd ed, 2003)
Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past (2004)
Helots and Their Masters in Laconia and Messenia: Histories, Ideologies, Structures (2004) Center for Hellenic Studies. ISBN 0674012232
Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World (2006). The Overlook Press. ISBN 1585675660.

Ancient History at Cambridge. Faculty of Classics. University of Cambridge. Retrieved on 2008-01-19..

Dan Vergano "This is Sparta? The history behind the movie '300'". USA Today. Retrieved on 2007-04-21. Interview with Paul Cartledge.