The Shadow of Sparta by Stephen Hodkinson, Anton Powell
By Stephen Hodkinson, Anton Powell
Some time past 20 years the learn of Sparta has come of age. photographs standard previous within the twentieth century, of Spartans as hearty sturdy fellows or scarlet-cloaked automata, were outdated by way of extra advanced scholarly reactions. As curiosity has grown within the self-images projected via this so much secretive of Greek towns, expanding consciousness has considering how person Greek writers from different states reacted to details, or disinformation approximately Sparta.
The reviews during this quantity offer new insights into the normal historians' query, "What truly occurred at Sparta?". however the implications of the paintings pass a ways past Laconia. They problem preoccupations of a few of the main studied of Greek writers, and aid in the direction of an knowing of the way Athenians outlined the achievment, or the failure, in their personal urban
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Stone, Costume in Aristophanic Poetry (New York 1981) 225-7. Pausanias 7 14 2 (early 140s Be); Athenaios 5 215 b--c. M. Barton, 'Tranio's Laconian key', G&R 19 (1972) 25-31, at 26-7. Helots: cf. Kritias 88B37 DK. Aliens: D. s. 40 (1990) 267-8. Plut. Kleom. 3 = Arist. fr. 539. Arist. fr, 496, Plut. Mor. 550b. Plato Gorgias 515e; Protag. 342b. 54 Lacomica: Aristophanes and the Spartans 14 Homer, Odyssey 13 412. A. s. 90-6. M. ,]. Henderson, YCS 26 (1980) 187-8. Cf. ]. Rahn, 'Funeral memorials of the first priestess of Athena Nike', BSA 81 (1986) 195-207.
So we may be quite brief. The version in Peace (619-31) diffuses the blame as widely as possible: a play celebrating the conclusion of peace was hardly the right place for serious accusations against anyone. The earlier account of the origins of the war in Acharnians is more ludicrous, and more revealing of Aristophanes' own sentiments. Dikaiopolis wants peace, and has concluded a private treaty with Sparta. The Acharnians are furious, and he has to defend himself. All that the plot requires him to do is to praise the benefits of peace.
What conclusions can we draw? The average Athenian throughout the war was afraid of Sparta. This is neatly illustrated by the reaction of Strepsiades in Clouds (214-16) when he is shown a map. 'Here's Euboia', says one of Sokrates' students, 'stretched out a long, long way'. ' asks Strepsiades... ' And of course his fears were reasonable enough. Aristophanes, however, treats the Spartans rather gently, tones down or even suppresses certain unpleasantness, and even expresses admiration for them.



