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A Companion to Archaic Greece

By Kurt A. Raaflaub , Hans van Wees

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2009
ISBN
0631230459, 9780631230458
LCC
DF77 .C6955 2009
Open Library ID
OL22659466M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6040922 bytes)
Series
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
Pages
783\783
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47

Description

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 and other non-Greek cultures in the development of GreeceUses archaeological and literary evidence to reconstruct broad patterns of social and cultural development

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