How and why did the Greek city-states come into being? The study of
Greece in the Archaic period is changing due to new discoveries and
interpretations. The 14 essays presented here explore many aspects
of this rapidly changing world. The essays detail
re-interpretations of archaeological material, emphasize the
diversity in patterns of settlement, sancturies and burial
practices of the Greek-speaking world and trace the complex trends
and motivations underlying the expanding exchange of goods and the
settlement of new communities. Local studies of archaeology and
iconography revise our image of the peculiarity of Spartan society,
and texts, from Homer and Hesiod to a newly discovered poem of
Simonides, are given fresh interpretations, as are significant
developments in maritime warfare, the roles of literacy and
law-making in Crete, the emergence of a less violent lifestyle and
the articulation of rational political thought.
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