From Homer to Solon: Continuity and Change in Archaic Greece

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The study of Archaic Greece has undergone a fundamental transformation in recent decades. Whereas studies up to the 1980s had favoured narratives that converged on the more tangible reality of the Classical period and emphasized radical change, the increase in archaeological data and the cultural turn have led to an emphasis on long-term developments and continuities. After an introduction to the state of research, the volume offers a wide range of studies under the headings "Approaches on early-Archaic Greece," "Citizens and Citizen-States," and "Leaders and Reformers" ranging from Homer to Solon and circling around the central problem of continuity and change in Archaic Greece. See Less ‎Contents ‎Preface ‎Notes on Contributors ‎Introduction (Bernhardt and Canevaro) ‎Part 1. Approaching Early Archaic Greece ‎Chapter 1. Archaeological Approaches to the Archaic Era (Bintliff) ‎Chapter 2. A Comparative Approach: Early Archaic Greece and Medieval Iceland (Zeller) ‎Chapter 3. The Homeric Roots of Helotage (Lewis) ‎Chapter 4. Homer and the Vocabulary of Manumission (Zanovello) ‎Chapter 5. ‘Bought, Not Wed!’ Hesiod and the Aristocratic ‘Peasants’ (Meister) ‎Part 2. Citizens and City-States ‎Chapter 6. Hippotrophia as Citizen Behaviour in Archaic Greece (Duplouy) ‎Chapter 7. Putting the Citizen in the Citizen-State: Participating in the Early Cretan polis (Seelentag) ‎Chapter 8. Inside and Outside the Community: The Role of Political Thinking in the ‘Rise of the polis’ (Itgenshorst) ‎Chapter 9. What Are Early Greek Laws About? Substance and Procedure in Archaic Statutes, c. 650–450BC (Harris and Lewis) ‎Part 3. Leaders and Reformers ‎Chapter 10. Against the Rules: The Plurality of Oikists and New Perspectives on Greek ‘Colonisation’ (Scharff) ‎Chapter 11. Turannoi in Archaic Greece: A New Phenomenon or a New Name for an Old Phenomenon? (Taylor) ‎Chapter 12. Tyrannical and Civic Reception of Homer—A Problem of Sources (Hübner) ‎Chapter 13. Social Mobility vs. Societal Stability: Once Again on the Aims and Meaning of Solon’s Reforms (Canevaro) ‎Chapter 14. A Failed Tyrant? Solon’s Place in Athenian History (Bernhardt) ‎Concluding Remarks: Archaic Greece and the Consciousness of Community (Bernhardt) ‎Index Locorum ‎Index of Names and Places