Edmond Lévy (born 1934) is a
French classical historian.
Biography
Originally a pupil of an
École normale supérieure
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(promotion 1956), an aggregate of letters, he was also a pupil of
École française d'Athènes, a school in
Athens
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,
Greece
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where the French language is taught to students who are mainly from France. He is a specialist in Greek history and is a retired professor at Marc-Bloch University in
Strasbourg
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,
France
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. He edits the ''Ktèma'' review.
Works
* ''Athènes devant la défaite de 404. Histoire d'une crise idéologique'', De Boccard, 1976
* ''La femme dans les sociétés antiques'',
University of Strasbourg
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, 1983
* ''Le système palatial en Orient, en Grèce et à Rome'', De Boccard, 1987
* ''La Grèce au Ve siècle, de Clisthène à Socrate'', Seuil, 1995
* ''La codification des lois dans l'Antiquité'', De Boccard, 2000
* ''Sparte. Histoire politique et sociale jusqu'à la conquête romaine'', Seuil, 2003
External links
*In French:
**https://web.archive.org/web/20051014161612/http://www.umr7044.cnrs.fr/ANNUAIRE/titulaires/EdmondLevy.html
**https://web.archive.org/web/20060322095917/http://www.fnac.com/199331/rcwwwa/La-Grece-au-Veme-siecle-De-Clisthene-a-Socrate-Nouvelle-histoire-de-l-Antiquite
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20th-century French historians
Historians of antiquity
1934 births
Living people
École Normale Supérieure alumni
Members of the French School at Athens