Themes in Greek society and culture : an introduction to ancient Greece / edited by Allison Glazebrook & Christina Vester.

Contributor Glazebrook, Allison, 1966- editor.

Edition Statement:Second edition.

ImprintNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Descriptionxxii, 498 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

Note:The ancient Greeks: from Mycenae to Macedon / Ron Kroeker -- The Greek Bronze Age: origins and collapse / Brendan Burke -- Ordering the polis: government and public administration / Matthew A. Sears -- War and peace / Sheila Ager -- Going to market: the economy and society / Ben Akrigg -- Connecting to the divine: Greek cult and ritual / Bonnie MacLachlan -- Finding a balance: law and justice in ancient Greece / Judith Fletcher -- Status and class / Jeremy Trevett -- Sparta: separating reality from mirage / Noreen Humble -- Enslaved people and slavery / Rob Tordoff -- The Greeks and others: ancient Greeks in their Mediterranean and Near Eastern context / Emily Varto -- From birth to death: disease, disability, and health / Maria A. Liston -- Gender and sexuality / Allison Glazebrook -- Women and the Greek household / Christina Vester -- At the gymnasium: competition and sport / Reyes Bertolín Cebrián -- Literature and performance / Andrew Faulkner -- Art and architecture / Marina Haworth -- The wonder of it all: philosophy (600-30 BCE) / Vernon Provencal -- Ancient Macedonia: the emergence of a new world order / Frances Pownall -- The past in the present: receptions of ancient Greece / Aara Suksi.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

Note:An overview of the ancient Greeks' institutions, structures, activities, and cultural outputs from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic period.

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