Companion to Archaic Greece

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.

• List of Illustrations viiiNotes on Contributors xiiPreface xxList of Abbreviations xxiiiMaps xxivPart I Introduction 11 The Historiography of Archaic Greece 3John K. Davies2 The Mediterranean World in the Early Iron Age 22Carol G. ThomasPart II Histories 413 The Early Iron Age 43Catherine Morgan4 The Eighth-century Revolution 64Ian Morris5 The World of Homer and Hesiod 81Christoph Ulf6 The Tyrants 100Elke Stein-Hölkeskamp7 Sparta 117Massimo Nafissi8 Athens 138Michael Stahl and Uwe Walter9 Greeks and Persians 162Josef WiesehöferPart III Regions 18710 Attica: A View from the Sea 189Sanne Houby-Nielsen11 The Aegean 212Alexander Mazarakis Ainian and Iphigenia Leventi12 Laconia and Messenia 239Nigel Kennell and Nino Luraghi13 The Peloponnese 255Thomas Heine Nielsen and James Roy14 Crete 273James Whitley15 Northern Greece 294Zosia Halina Archibald16 The Western Mediterranean 314Carla M. Antonaccio17 The Black Sea 330Gocha R. TsetskhladzePart IV Themes 34718 Cities 349Jan Paul Crielaard19 Foundations 373Irad Malkin20 States 395Hans-Joachim Gehrke21 Charismatic Leaders 411Robert W. Wallace22 Sanctuaries and Festivals 427François de Polignac23 The Economy 444Hans van Wees24 Class 468Peter W. Rose25 Gender 483Lin Foxhall26 The Culture of the Symposion 508Oswyn Murray27 The Culture of Competition 524Nick Fisher28 Literacy 542John-Paul Wilson29 Intellectual Achievements 564Kurt A. Raaflaub30 War and International Relations 585Henk Singor31 Ethnicity and Cultural Exchange 604Jonathan M. HallBibliography 618Indices 713

“For those interested in Classical Greece, this volume is an essential.”  (Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin, 11 December 2013)"This is a varied, wide-ranging, stimulating and exciting volume which should open the way to even further investigations of archaic Greece." Bryn Mawr Classical Review, February 2011“Offers an unprecedented range and depth of perspectives and material, much of which has been otherwise unavailable in English.” Ancient West and East