What is the Oath of Plataea?
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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2013 · Education
Paul Cartledge, author of After Thermopylae, on what the Oath of Plataea is. http://global.oup.com/academic/product/after-thermopylae-9780199747320 Paul Cartledge is the inaugural A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture in the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge, and recently the Hellenic Parliament Global Distinguished Professor in the History and Theory of Democracy at New York University. His previous books include Ancient Greece: A Very Short Introduction, Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World, and The Spartans: The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece. He is an honorary citizen of modern Sparta and holds the Gold Cross of the Order of Honor awarded by the President of Greece. (c) Oxford University Press
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