It covers all the major themes of Ancient Greek history, set in the context of both the preceding and following periods.
Brian A. Sparkes received his training in classics and archaeology at Kings College London and at the British School of Archaeology at Athens. He has recently retired from the Chair of Classical Archaeology at the University of Southampton. His previous publications include Greek Pottery: an Introduction (1991) and The Red and the Black: Studies in Greek Pottery (1996).
List of Plates
Figures and Tables
List of Contributors
Preface
Landscape, Seascape
The Physical Background
The March of the Past
The Human Foreground
The Bronze Age Palace Societies
Archaic into Classical
Greek Kings and Roman Emperors
Classical Mosaic
The Greek Countryside
Politics and Public Life: the Urban Scene
Greek Religious Practices
The Spoken and the Written Word
Examining Life
Trades and Crafts
Architecture and Sculpture
Crafts in the Private Sphere
Women in Classical Athens
Sex in Classical Athens
Continuity and Change
The Christian Millennium
The Ottoman Centuries
After Independence
The Greek Legacy
Timeline
Sources of Illustrations
Index
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