A Companion To Archaic Greece
by Hans Van Wees /
2015 / English / EPUB
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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 GreecePlaces 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
