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A Companion to Archaic Greece
Kurt A. Raaflaub (Edited by), KA Raaflaub (Author), Hans van Wees (Edited by)
9781118451380, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 7 December 2012
800 pages
24.6 x 17.3 x 3.6 cm, 1.184 kg
“For those interested in Classical Greece, this volume is an essential.” (Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin, 11 December 2013) "This is a varied, wide-ranging, stimulating and exciting volume which should open the way to even further investigations of archaic Greece." Bryn Mawr Classical Review, February 2011 “Offers an unprecedented range and depth of perspectives and material, much of which has been otherwise unavailable in English.” Ancient West and East
Das Buch gibt einen tiefen Einblick in die Geschichte des Alten Griechenland. Es behandelt etablierte Themen wie Tyrannei oder politische Reformen ebenso wie Genderfragen und ethnische Gesichtspunkte. Darüber hinaus berücksichtigt es auch Einflüsse nicht-griechischer Kulturen.
List of Illustrations viii Notes on Contributors xii Preface xx List of Abbreviations xxiii Maps xxiv Part I Introduction 1 1 The Historiography of Archaic Greece 3 2 The Mediterranean World in the Early Iron Age 22 Part II Histories 41 3 The Early Iron Age 43 4 The Eighth-century Revolution 64 5 The World of Homer and Hesiod 81 6 The Tyrants 100 7 Sparta 117 8 Athens 138 9 Greeks and Persians 162 Part III Regions 187 10 Attica: A View from the Sea 189 11 The Aegean 212 12 Laconia and Messenia 239 13 The Peloponnese 255 14 Crete 273 15 Northern Greece 294 16 The Western Mediterranean 314 17 The Black Sea 330 Part IV Themes 347 18 Cities 349 19 Foundations 373 20 States 395 21 Charismatic Leaders 411 22 Sanctuaries and Festivals 427 23 The Economy 444 24 Class 468 25 Gender 483 26 The Culture of the Symposion 508 27 The Culture of Competition 524 28 Literacy 542 29 Intellectual Achievements 564 30 War and International Relations 585 31 Ethnicity and Cultural Exchange 604 Bibliography 618 Indices 713
John K. Davies
Carol G. Thomas
Catherine Morgan
Ian Morris
Christoph Ulf
Elke Stein-Hölkeskamp
Massimo Nafissi
Michael Stahl and Uwe Walter
Josef Wiesehöfer
Sanne Houby-Nielsen
Alexander Mazarakis Ainian and Iphigenia Leventi
Nigel Kennell and Nino Luraghi
Thomas Heine Nielsen and James Roy
James Whitley
Zosia Halina Archibald
Carla M. Antonaccio
Gocha R. Tsetskhladze
Jan Paul Crielaard
Irad Malkin
Hans-Joachim Gehrke
Robert W. Wallace
François de Polignac
Hans van Wees
Peter W. Rose
Lin Foxhall
Oswyn Murray
Nick Fisher
John-Paul Wilson
Kurt A. Raaflaub
Henk Singor
Jonathan M. Hall
Subject Areas: History [HB]
