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Subject(s)

• Greece—Civilization—To 146 B.C. [Browse]
• Civilization, Ancient, in literature [Browse]

Series

Routledge history of the ancient world. [More in this series]

Summary note

"No Greek writer ever attempted to describe or analyse the events of his own lifetime or of the immediate past until Herodotos and Thucydides in the fifth century. Our knowledge of Greece before 479 BC is dependent on the stories which the later Greeks told about their past and the indirect testimony of the material and poetic monuments of the archaic age." "Greece in the Making shows how we can write the history of this period, and the insights which can be gained by doing so for our understanding of later periods of history. It goes beyond tradition and exploits the literature, art, and archaeology of the period. Richly illustrated, this book makes much new information readily accessible and puts the reader in touch with the latest scholarship on the subject."--Jacket.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [356]-378) and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• 1. The Traditions of History
• 2. The Problem of Beginnings
• 3. Setting the Stage
• 4. Forming Communities: The Eighth Century BC
• 5. The World of Hesiod and of Homer
• 6. Reforming Communities: The Seventh Century
• 7. The Greek World in 600 BC
• 8. Inter-Relating Cities: The Short Sixth Century (600-520 BC)
• 9. The Transformation of Archaic Greece 520-479 BC.

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ISBN

• 0415035821 (hbk.)
• 041503583X (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^96004247^

OCLC

34079231

RCP

H - S

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