Paul Anthony Cartledge (born 23 March 1947)^[1] is the first A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge University,^[2][3] having previously held a personal chair in Greek History at Cambridge.

Cartledge was educated at St Paul's School^[4] and New College, Oxford where he took his first degree and completed his doctoral thesis in Spartan archaeology in 1975 under Professor Sir John Boardman. After a period at the University of Warwick he moved in October 1979 to Cambridge University^[5] where he is a fellow of Clare College.^[6]

He is a world expert on Athens and Sparta in the Classical Age and 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. 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, funded by the Greek Parliament.^[2]

[edit] 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 Paul Millett) (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 Greek Political Thought in Practice (2009). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521454551

[edit] References

1. ^ The Times birthdays, 23 March 2008
2. ^ ^{a b} University of Cambridge News 7 October 2008
3. ^ Cambridge University Reporter 11 June 2008
4. ^ St Paul's School: Classics Department
5. ^ Sophocles and the Greek Tragic Tradition, Cambridge University Press 2009 ISBN 978-0-521-88785-4 foreward by Paul Cartledge
6. ^ Cambridge University Faculty of Classics

• "Ancient History at Cambridge". Faculty of Classics. University of Cambridge. http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/faculty/staff-bios/academic-research-staff/paul_cartledge/. Retrieved 2008-01-19. 

[edit] External links

• Dan Vergano (March 6, 2007). "This is Sparta? The history behind the movie '300'". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2007-03-05-300-history_N.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-21.  Interview with Paul Cartledge.

• 'Forever Young: why Cambridge has a Professorship of Greek Culture' An inaugural lecture by Professor Paul Cartledge to mark the establishment of the A G Leventis Professorship of Greek Culture, Monday 16 February 2009 at Mill Lane Lecture Theatre, Cambridge

Academic offices
Preceded by None: new position	A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge University 2008 -	Succeeded by incumbent