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A companion to archaic Greece / edited by Kurt A. Raaflaub and Hans van Wees.

Contributor(s): Raaflaub, Kurt A | Wees, Hans vanMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history.Publication details: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. Description: xxii, 750 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 26 cmISBN: 9780631230458 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0631230459 (hardcover : alk. paper)Subject(s): Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.CGenre/Form: Handboeken (vorm)Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 938 LOC classification: DF77 | .C6955 2009
Contents:
A Companion to Archaic Greece; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; Map; PART I Introduction; CHAPTER ONE The Historiography of Archaic Greece; CHAPTER TWO The Mediterranean World in the Early Iron Age; PART II Histories; CHAPTER THREE The Early Iron Age; CHAPTER FOUR The Eighth-century Revolution; CHAPTER FIVE The World of Homer and Hesiod; CHAPTER SIX The Tyrants; CHAPTER SEVEN Sparta 1; CHAPTER EIGHT Athens; CHAPTER NINE Greeks and Persians; PART III Regions; CHAPTER TEN Attica: A View from the Sea; CHAPTER ELEVEN The Aegean; CHAPTER TWELVE Laconia and Messenia.
Summary: A systematic survey of archaic Greek society and culture which introduces the reader to a wide range of new approaches to the period. The first comprehensive and accessible survey of developments in the study of archaic GreecePlaces Greek society of c.750-480 BCE in its chronological and geographical contextGives equal emphasis to established topics such as tyranny and political reform and newer subjects like gender and ethnicityCombines accounts of historical developments with regional surveys of archaeological evidence and in-depth treatments of selected themesExplores the impact of Eastern a.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [618]-712) and indexes.

A Companion to Archaic Greece; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; Map; PART I Introduction; CHAPTER ONE The Historiography of Archaic Greece; CHAPTER TWO The Mediterranean World in the Early Iron Age; PART II Histories; CHAPTER THREE The Early Iron Age; CHAPTER FOUR The Eighth-century Revolution; CHAPTER FIVE The World of Homer and Hesiod; CHAPTER SIX The Tyrants; CHAPTER SEVEN Sparta 1; CHAPTER EIGHT Athens; CHAPTER NINE Greeks and Persians; PART III Regions; CHAPTER TEN Attica: A View from the Sea; CHAPTER ELEVEN The Aegean; CHAPTER TWELVE Laconia and Messenia.

A systematic survey of archaic Greek society and culture which introduces the reader to a wide range of new approaches to the period. The first comprehensive and accessible survey of developments in the study of archaic GreecePlaces Greek society of c.750-480 BCE in its chronological and geographical contextGives equal emphasis to established topics such as tyranny and political reform and newer subjects like gender and ethnicityCombines accounts of historical developments with regional surveys of archaeological evidence and in-depth treatments of selected themesExplores the impact of Eastern a.