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Paul Anthony Cartledge is the first A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture
A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture

The A. G. Leventis Professorship of Greek Culture is the first chair in Classics to have been endowed at Cambridge University since Second World War....
 at Cambridge University , having previously held a personal chair in Greek History at Cambridge.

Cartledge was educated at St Paul's School and New College, Oxford
New College, Oxford

New College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxfords of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Its official name, College of St Mary, is the same as that of the older Oriel College, Oxford; hence, it has been referred to as the "New College of St Mary", and is now almost always called "New College"....
 where he took his first degree
Academic degree

A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of higher education, such as University, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study....
 and completed his doctoral thesis in Spartan
Sparta

Sparta was a city-state in ancient Greece, situated on the Eurotas River in the southern part of the Peloponnese. From circa 650 BC it rose to become the dominant military power in the region and as such was recognized as the overall leader of the combined Greek forces during the Greco-Persian Wars....
 archaeology
Archaeology

Archaeology, archeology, or arch?ology is the science that studies Homo cultures through the recovery, documentation, analysis, and interpretation of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, Artifact , features, Biofact s, and cultural landscape....
 in 1975 under Professor Sir John Boardman
John Boardman (archaeologist)

Professor Sir John Boardman is a classical art historian and archaeologist, "Britain's most distinguished historian of ancient Greek art." ...
. After a period at the University of Warwick
University of Warwick

The University of Warwick is a British campus university located on the outskirts of Coventry, West Midlands , England and is University of Warwick#Academic standards as one of the country's leading universities....
 he moved in October 1979 to Cambridge University where he is a fellow
Fellow

A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. Historically, the term fellow was also used to describe a man, particularly by those in the upper social classes....
 of Clare College.

He is a world expert on Athens
Athens

Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
 and Sparta
Sparta

Sparta was a city-state in ancient Greece, situated on the Eurotas River in the southern part of the Peloponnese. From circa 650 BC it rose to become the dominant military power in the region and as such was recognized as the overall leader of the combined Greek forces during the Greco-Persian Wars....
 in the Classical Age and has been described as a Laconophile
Laconophile

Laconophilia is love or admiration of Sparta and of the Spartan culture or constitution. The term derives from "Lacones," a poetic term for the Spartans or Lacedaemonians, from Laconia, the part of the Peloponnesus which the Spartans inhabited....
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Paul Anthony Cartledge is the first A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture
A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture

The A. G. Leventis Professorship of Greek Culture is the first chair in Classics to have been endowed at Cambridge University since Second World War....
 at Cambridge University , having previously held a personal chair in Greek History at Cambridge.

Cartledge was educated at St Paul's School and New College, Oxford
New College, Oxford

New College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxfords of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Its official name, College of St Mary, is the same as that of the older Oriel College, Oxford; hence, it has been referred to as the "New College of St Mary", and is now almost always called "New College"....
 where he took his first degree
Academic degree

A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of higher education, such as University, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study....
 and completed his doctoral thesis in Spartan
Sparta

Sparta was a city-state in ancient Greece, situated on the Eurotas River in the southern part of the Peloponnese. From circa 650 BC it rose to become the dominant military power in the region and as such was recognized as the overall leader of the combined Greek forces during the Greco-Persian Wars....
 archaeology
Archaeology

Archaeology, archeology, or arch?ology is the science that studies Homo cultures through the recovery, documentation, analysis, and interpretation of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, Artifact , features, Biofact s, and cultural landscape....
 in 1975 under Professor Sir John Boardman
John Boardman (archaeologist)

Professor Sir John Boardman is a classical art historian and archaeologist, "Britain's most distinguished historian of ancient Greek art." ...
. After a period at the University of Warwick
University of Warwick

The University of Warwick is a British campus university located on the outskirts of Coventry, West Midlands , England and is University of Warwick#Academic standards as one of the country's leading universities....
 he moved in October 1979 to Cambridge University where he is a fellow
Fellow

A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. Historically, the term fellow was also used to describe a man, particularly by those in the upper social classes....
 of Clare College.

He is a world expert on Athens
Athens

Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
 and Sparta
Sparta

Sparta was a city-state in ancient Greece, situated on the Eurotas River in the southern part of the Peloponnese. From circa 650 BC it rose to become the dominant military power in the region and as such was recognized as the overall leader of the combined Greek forces during the Greco-Persian Wars....
 in the Classical Age and has been described as a Laconophile
Laconophile

Laconophilia is love or admiration of Sparta and of the Spartan culture or constitution. The term derives from "Lacones," a poetic term for the Spartans or Lacedaemonians, from Laconia, the part of the Peloponnesus which the Spartans inhabited....
. He was chief historical consultant for the BBC TV series The Greeks and the Channel 4 series The Spartans, presented by Bettany Hughes
Bettany Hughes

Bettany Hughes is an English historian, Presenter and writer.She has presented several Channel 4 and Public Broadcasting System television documentaries on ancient history....
. He is also a holder of the Gold Cross of the Order of Honour and an Honorary Citizen of (modern) Sparta. Besides the Leventis Professorship, he holds a visiting Global Distinguished Professorship at New York University
New York University

New York University is a private university, nonsectarian, research university in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan....
, funded by the Greek Parliament.

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.


External links

  • Interview with Paul Cartledge.