A systematic survey of archaic Greek society and culture which introduces the reader to a wide range of new approaches to the period.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• List of Abbreviations
• Maps
• PART I Introduction
• 1 The Historiography of Archaic Greece - John K. Davies
• 2 The Mediterranean World in the Early Iron Age - Carol G. Thomas
• PART II Histories
• 3 The Early Iron Age - Catherine Morgan
• 4 The Eighth-century Revolution - Ian Morris
• 5 The World of Homer and Hesiod - Christoph Ulf
• 6 The Tyrants - Elke Stein-Hölkeskamp
• 7 Sparta - Massimo Nafissi
• 8 Athens - Michael Stahl and Uwe Walter
• 9 Greeks and Persians - Josef Wiesehöfer
• PART III Regions
• 10 Attica: A View from the Sea - Sanne Houby-Nielsen
• 11 The Aegean - Alexander Mazarakis Ainian and Iphigenia Leventi
• 12 Laconia and Messenia - Nigel Kennell and Nino Luraghi
• 13 The Peloponnese - Thomas Heine Nielsen and James Roy
• 14 Crete - James Whitley
• 15 Northern Greece - Zosia Halina Archibald
• 16 The Western Mediterranean - Carla M. Antonaccio
• 17 The Black Sea - Gocha R. Tsetskhladze
• PART IV Themes
• 18 Cities - Jan Paul Crielaard
• 19 Foundations - Irad Malkin
• 20 States - Hans-Joachim Gehrke
• 21 Charismatic Leaders - Robert W. Wallace
• 22 Sanctuaries and Festivals - François de Polignac
• 23 The Economy - Hans van Wees
• 24 Class - Peter W. Rose
• 25 Gender - Lin Foxhall
• 26 The Culture of the Symposion - Oswyn Murray
• 27 The Culture of Competition - Nick Fisher
• 28 Literacy - John-Paul Wilson
• 29 Intellectual Achievements - Kurt A. Raaflaub
• 30 War and International Relations - Henk Singor
• 31 Ethnicity and Cultural Exchange - Jonathan M. Hall
• Bibliography