A History of the Archaic Greek World ca. 1200-479 BCE.(Book review)

Canadian Journal of History | December 22, 2007| | Copyright

A History of the Archaic Greek World ca. 1200-479 BCE, by Jonathan M. Hall. Blackwell History of the Ancient World series. Malden, Massachusetts, Blackwell Publishing, 2007. xx, 321 pp. $89.95 US (cloth), $34.95 US (paper).

I approached this book with very high hopes: here, after all, was what purported to be a new and definitive history of archaic Greece by a scholar with a proven track record, and the book itself presented a very attractive physical appearance: attractive format, numerous illustrations, an extensive bibliography and index. Many of my hopes were ...

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