The Cambridge companion to archaic Greece / edited by H.A. Shapiro.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shapiro, H. A. (Harvey Alan), 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C.

Greece.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

xiii, 303 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Companion to archaic Greece

Archaic Greece

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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 eighth century to the Persian Wars of 490-480 BCE. In ten clearly written and succinct chapters, leading scholars from around the English-speaking world treat all aspects of the civilization of Archaic Greece, from social, political, and military history to early achievements in poetry, philosophy, and the visual arts. Archaic Greece was an age of experimentation and intellectual ferment that laid the foundations for much of Western thought and culture. Under the rule of strongmen known as "tyrants," individual city-states in Greece rose to great power and wealth, and after a long period of isolation, many cities sent out colonies that spread Hellenism to all corners of the Mediterranean world. The Greeks came together in great sanctuaries like Delphi and Olympia to compete in athletic contests and celebrate their gods with the earliest examples of monumental architecture and sculpture. The book offers a vivid and hilly documented account of this critical stage in the history of the West.

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. Antanaccio ; Delphi, Olympia, and the art of politics / Richard T. Neer ; The human figure in early Greek sculpture and vase painting / Jeffrey M. Hurwit.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521822009

9780521822008

0521529298

9780521529297

OCLC:

70867079

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