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    A Companion to Archaic Greece

    By Kurt A. Raaflaub and Hans van Wees

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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
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWiley
    Release dateDec 21, 2012
    ISBN9781118556658
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