Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World: A Companion to Archaic Greece

Editor/Author Raaflaub, Kurt A. and van Wees, Hans
Publication Year: 2009
Publisher: Wiley

Single-User Purchase Price: $239.95
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ISBN: 978-0-631-23045-8
Category: History - History, Ancient
Image Count: 77
Book Status: Available
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A systematic survey of archaic Greek society and culture which introduces the reader to a wide range of new approaches to the period.

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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