Title: A Companion to Archaic Greece
By: Kurt A. Raaflaub(Ed.) & Hans van Wees(Ed.)
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 792
Vendor: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Date: 2013

Weight: 2 pounds
ISBN: 1118451384
ISBN-13: 9781118451380
Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
Stock No: WW451380

Publisher's Description

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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.

The first comprehensive and accessible survey of developments in the study of archaic Greece
Places Greek society of c.750-480 BCE in its chronological and geographical context
Gives equal emphasis to established topics such as tyranny and political reform and newer subjects like gender and ethnicity
Combines accounts of historical developments with regional surveys of archaeological evidence and in-depth treatments of selected themes
Explores the impact of Eastern and other non-Greek cultures in the development of Greece
Uses archaeological and literary evidence to reconstruct broad patterns of social and cultural development

Author Bio

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Kurt A. Raaflaub is David Herlihy University Professor and Professor of Classics and History, Royce Family Professor in Teaching Excellence (2005-8) and Director of the Program in Ancient Studies at Brown University. His recent publications include The Discovery of Freedom in Ancient Greece (2004), Social Struggles in Archaic Rome (Blackwell, 2005) and War and Peace in the Ancient World (Blackwell, 2006).

Hans van Wees is Professor of Ancient History at University College London. His publications include Status Warriors: War, Violence and Society in Homer and History (1992) and Greek Warfare: Myths and Realities (2004), and he has co-edited four volumes on archaic Greece, war and violence, and Herodotus.

Editorial Reviews

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“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