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FURTHER READINGFigueira, Thomas. 1999. “The Evolution of the Messenian Identity.” In Stephen Hodkinson and
Anton Powell, eds.,Sparta: New Perspectives, 211–44. London: The Classical Press of Wales.
Discusses Messenian ethnic identity during the fifth century.
Kalyvas, Stathis N. 2006.The Logic of Violence in Civil War. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press. Addresses the problem of ethnic violence in modern civil wars.
Lewis, D. M. 1992a. “Mainland Greece, 479–451B.C.”InD.M.Lewis,JohnBoardman,J.K.
Davies, and M. Ostwald, eds.,The Cambridge Ancient History.Second Edition. VolumeV.The
Fifth CenturyB.C., 96–120. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Lewis, D. M. 1992b. “The Archidamian War.” In D. M. Lewis, John Boardman, J. K. Davies, and
M. Ostwald, eds.,The Cambridge Ancient History.Second Edition. VolumeV. The Fifth Century
B.C., 370–432. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Together, these two chapters offer an
introductory narrative of fifth-century Greek history.
Luraghi, Nino. 2008.The Ancient Messenians: Constructions of Ethnicity and Memory. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press. Offers a detailed, up-to-date history of Messenia and the Messeni-
ans throughout classical antiquity.