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Paul Cartledge is the A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture Emeritus at the University of Cambridge, where he taught from 1979 and 2014, and a Fellow of Clare College. His undergraduate and doctoral qualifications were obtained at Oxford, where he completed a dissertation on the archaeology and history of early Sparta under the supervision of professor Sir John Boardman. 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, and most recently Democracy: A Life. He coedits a monograph series, sits on the editorial boards of three academic journals, and serves as consultant in ancient history to publishers on both sides of the Atlantic. He is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, an honorary citizen of modern Sparta, and holds the Gold Cross of the Order of Honor awarded by the president of Greece.