2002), (with A. Spawforth). The Greeks: A Portrait of Self and Others (2nd edn, 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. The Spartans: An Epic History (2nd edn, 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. Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World (2006), The Overlook Press. Ancient Greek Political Thought in Practice (2009), Cambridge University Press. Ancient Greece: A History in Eleven Cities, (2009), Oxford University Press. Democracy: A Life (2016), Oxford University Press. Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece (2020), Picador. References External links 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 The myths of 'ancient Greece' dispelled, as explained by Paul Cartledge Forward To The Past! Hello To Democracy, Sparta, And All That A valedictory lecture by The AG Leventis Professor Of Greek Culture, Professor Paul Cartledge, Thursday 20 February 2014 at Mill Lane Lecture Theatre, Cambridge 1947 births People educated at St Paul's School, London Alumni of New College, Oxford Fellows of Clare College, Cambridge Scholars of ancient Greek history English historians Living people Academics of Ulster University Classical scholars of Trinity College Dublin Academics of the University of Warwick Gold Crosses of the Order of Honour (Greece) Members of the University of Cambridge faculty of classics English male non-fiction writers English classical scholars Professors of the University of Cambridge Contributors to the Oxford Classical Dictionary