Jean Ducat

Jean Ducat was born in Morocco in 1933. He followed the usual French cursus in classical studies, as a pupil of the Ecole Normale Superieure (1953-7), then as a member of the French School of Archaeology in Athens (1960-3). He spent the major part of his professional life as a Professor of Greek History in the University of Nice. First known as a specialist in Greek archaic sculpture, since 1974 ('Le mepris des Hilotes') he has been increasingly interested in Spartan matters: first in the...See more

Jean Ducat was born in Morocco in 1933. He followed the usual French cursus in classical studies, as a pupil of the Ecole Normale Superieure (1953-7), then as a member of the French School of Archaeology in Athens (1960-3). He spent the major part of his professional life as a Professor of Greek History in the University of Nice. First known as a specialist in Greek archaic sculpture, since 1974 ('Le mepris des Hilotes') he has been increasingly interested in Spartan matters: first in the Spartan way of slavery (Les Hilotes, 1990; Les Penestes, 1994), then more generally in Spartan life and society, on which he has written and is still writing many articles. He now lives in Metz. See less