The Greek City From Homer to Alexander [Paperback]

These fourteen critical essays examine the autonomous Greekpolisfrom its origins in the Dark Age until the point at which it was transformed into a basis for world civilization by the conquests of Alexander the Great and the subsequent expansion ofpolisinstitutions. Contributors such as B. D'Agostino, N. Purcell, O. Rackham, A. Snodgrass, L. Nixon, S. Price, M. Jameson, P. Schmitt-Pantel, M.H. Hansen, O. Murray, and W.G. Runciman, among others, discuss a wide range of topics, including the relationship between landscape and city, the relationship between public and private spheres, the phenomenon of thepolis, the urbanization of the Italian peninsula, and the eventual decline of thepolis.

The book is both provocative and rich in information. --Classical World

Provide a variety of stimulating models and starting points for the ancient historian interested in pursuing Greek urban history as a fusion of ecological and cultural history. --Ancient History Bulletin