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Record Nr.

UNISA996201151903316

Titolo

The Cambridge companion to archaic Greece / / edited by H. Alan Shapiro [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007

ISBN

1-139-81697-7

1-139-00137-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 303 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge companions to the ancient world

Disciplina

938

Soggetti

Greece Civilization To 146 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 Ready. Lyric poetry / Leslie V. Kurke. The philosophers in archaic Greek culture / by Andrea Nightingale -- History and material culture. Colonization : Greece on the move, 900-480 / Carla M. Antanaccio. Delphi, Olympia and the art of politics / Richard Neer. The human figure in early Greek sculpture and vase-painting / Jeffrey M. Hurwit.

Sommario/riassunto

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 BC. 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. Individual Greek city-states 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. This Companion offers a vivid and fully



documented account of this critical stage in the history of the West.