Paul Cartledge

Paul Cartledge is the A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture Emeritus at the University of Cambridge, and a fellow of Clare College. He has written and edited more than 20 books, many of which have been translated into foreign languages, including The Spartans, Alexander the Great, and Thermopylae, all published by the Overlook Press/Abrams Press, as well as Democracy: A Life. He is an honorary citizen of modern Sparta and holds the Gold Cross of the Order of Honor awarded by the president of Greece.

Paul Cartledge's Titles

Thebes The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece

Thebes

"Mr. Cartledge's command of the historical material is effortless and exhaustive, and his appreciation of Thebes is persuasive." Wall Street...