Book 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 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
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.
