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

• 这是第一部全面的、易懂的古希腊研究发展调查。
• 将约公元前750-480年的希腊社会置于其时间和地理背景之中
• 对暴政和政治改革等既定主题以及性别和种族等新主题给予同等重视
• 将对历史发展的描述与对考古证据的区域调查以及对选定主题的深入处理相结合
• 探讨东方和其他非希腊文化对希腊发展的影响
• 利用考古和文学证据来重建社会和文化发展的广泛模式