| Description |
xiii, 303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge companion to the ancient world |
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Cambridge companion to the ancient world.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
History of archaic Greece. Tyrants and lawgivers / Victor Parker -- Polis, community and ethnic identity / Jonathan M. Hall -- Warfare and hoplites / Peter Krentz -- The life cycle in archaic Greece / Deborah Kamen -- Literature and philosophy. Homer, Hesiod, and the epic tradition / Jonathan L. Ready -- Archaic Greek poetry / Leslie V. Kurke -- The philosophers in archaic Greek culture / Andrea Wilson Nightingale -- History and material culture. Colonization : Greece on the move, 900-480 / Carla M. Antonaccio -- Delphi, Olympia and the art of politics / Richard Neer -- The human figure in early Greek sculpture and vase-painting / Jeffrey M. Hurwit. |
| Summary |
'The Cambridge Companion to Archaic Greece' provides a wide-ranging synthesis of history, society, and culture during the formative period of Ancient Greece, from the Age of Homer in the late 8th century to the Persian Wars of 490-480 BCE. |
| Chronological Term |
To 146 B.C.
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| Subject |
Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898
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Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C.
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Griechenland <Altertum>
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Greece. (OCoLC)fst01208380
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Griechenland (Altertum) (DE-588)4093976-5
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| Added Author |
Shapiro, H. A. (Harvey Alan), 1949-
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| ISBN |
9780521822008 (hardback) |
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0521822009 (hardback) |
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9780521529297 (paperback) |
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0521529298 (paperback) |
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