Date: Tue 13 May

Time: 6pm for 6.30pm start

Venue: Nicholson Museum,
Main Quadrangle of the University of Sydney

Cost: Full $25
$20 for members of the Friends
of the Nicholson Museum

Refreshments served after the lecture

Contact: 02 9351 2812

Language: English

How Spartan were the Spartans?
Beyond The Mirage of Austerity and Conformity

Historian and archaeologist Dr Brian Brennan presents an overview of ancient Spartan society using new archaeological material, recent scholarship and a reappraisal of literary evidence. How much of the Spartan military myth is real, and how can archaeological evidence provide a new way of shedding light on Spartan daily life?

Presented in conjunction with National Archaeology Week 2008.