A Companion to Archaic Greece

Ed. by Kurt A. Raaflaub u. Hans VanWees

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Das Buch gibt einen tiefen Einblick in die Geschichte des Alten Griechenland. Es behandelt etablierte Themen wie Tyrannei oder politische Reformen ebenso wie Genderfragen und ethnische Gesichtspunkte. Darüber hinaus berücksichtigt es auch Einflüsse nicht-griechischer Kulturen. In 31 chapters, this Companion systematically covers the literary and archaeological evidence for all regions of the Greek world and all aspects of archaic Greek society and culture, including their Mediterranean context and the impact of non-Greek cultures on their development.

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers / Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 792
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 173mm x 51mm
• Gewicht: 1528g
• ISBN-13: 9780631230458
• ISBN-10: 0631230459
• Artikelnr.: 22699029

Autorenporträt

Kurt A. Raaflaub is David Herlihy University Professor and Professor of Classics and History, Royce Family Professor in Teaching Excellence (2005-8) and Director of the Program in Ancient Studies at Brown University. His recent publications include The Discovery of Freedom in Ancient Greece (2004), Social Struggles in Archaic Rome (Blackwell, 2005) and War and Peace in the Ancient World (Blackwell, 2006). Hans van Wees is Professor of Ancient History at University College London. His publications include Status Warriors: War, Violence and Society in Homer and History (1992) and Greek Warfare: Myths and Realities (2004), and he has co-edited four volumes on archaic Greece, war and violence, and Herodotus.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations

Notes on Contributors
Preface

List of Abbreviations

Maps

Part I: Introduction:

Part II: Histories:

Part III: Regions:

Part IV: Themes:

Bibliography

Index