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A Cultural History of Objects in Antiquity covers the period 500 BCE to 500 CE, examining ancient objects from machines and buildings to furniture and fashion. Many of our current attitudes to the world of things are shaped by ideas forged in classical antiquity. We now understand that we do not merely do things to objects, they do things to us. Reinterpreting objects in Greece and Rome casts new light on our understanding of ourselves and tur...

For all that the monuments of classical Athens-the Parthenon and its sculptures above all-are best known, it is frequently the sculpture and pottery of earlier Athens (800-500 BCE) that grabs the attention of museum visitors. This book provides the first comprehensive guide to what we know about the archaeology, artefacts, and history of archaic Athens. Author Robin Osborne offers a clear and well-illustrated description of all aspects of Athe...

A Cultural History of Objects in Antiquity covers the period 500 BCE to 500 CE, examining ancient objects from machines and buildings to furniture and fashion. Many of our current attitudes to the world of things are shaped by ideas forged in classical antiquity. We now understand that we do not merely do things to objects, they do things to us. Reinterpreting objects in Greece and Rome casts new light on our understanding of ourselves and tur...

This volume is a companion to the editors' Greek Historical Inscriptions, 404-323 BC. It presents a selection of important Greek inscriptions from the fifth century BC alongside English translations, commentaries, and photographs in an accessible reference text for scholars and students of all aspects of Greek history of this period.

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Explores important concepts and perspectives in the anthropology of art. Includes nine groundbreaking case studies by an internationally renowned group of art historians and art theorists.

Urban life as we know it in the Mediterranean began in the early Iron Age: settlements of great size and internal diversity appear in the archaeological record. This collection of essays offers for the first time a systematic discussion of the beginnings of urbanization across theMediterranean, from Cyprus through Greece and Italy to France and Spain. Leading scholars in the field look critically at what is meant by urbanization, and analyze t...

This volume is a companion to the editors' Greek Historical Inscriptions, 404-323 BC. It presents a selection of important Greek inscriptions from the fifth century BC alongside English translations, commentaries, and photographs in an accessible reference text for scholars and students of all aspects of Greek history of this period.

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Greek History: The Basics is a concise introduction to the study of Ancient Greece from the end of the Bronze Age (c. 1200BC) to the Hellenistic era. With a chapter on each key period of Greece's ancient history, the book covers all of the central topics, approaches and issues. Featuring maps, timelines, annotated guides to further reading and chapter summaries, this book is an ideal introduction for all students of Greek history.

Shows that history written on the basis of texts alone creates a misleading picture of classical Greece.

A collection of innovative essays on major topics in ancient Greece and Rome, first published in 2004.

Whatever aspect of Athenian culture one examines, whether it be tragedy and comedy, philosophy, vase painting and sculpture, oratory and rhetoric, law and politics, or social and economic life, the picture looks very different after 400 BC from before 400 BC. Scholars who have previously addressed this question have concentrated on particular areas and come up with explanations, often connected with the psychological effect of the Peloponnesia...

Shows that history written on the basis of texts alone creates a misleading picture of classical Greece.

This title provides a concise introduction to the study of Ancient Greece from the end of the Bronze Age (c. 1200BC) to the Hellenistic era. With a chapter on each key period of Greece's ancient history, the book covers all of the central topics, approaches, and issues.

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Originally published in Past and Present, this collection of papers includes some of the most innovative history written about Greece and Rome over twenty years. It offers a convenient guide to current issues and topics in Greek and Roman history. The volume's contributors are among the most influential ancient historians active over the last twenty-five years. An introduction by the editor prefaces papers ranging from Greek warfare to early C...

A translation, with introduction and bibliography, of Pseudo-Xenophon's Constitution of the Athenians, which combines a cynical sketch of many features of Periclean Athens with an almost generous admission that, from the point of view of the masses, the democratic system is well designed and proof against subversion.

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