A Companion to Archaic Greece

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