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Morgan, Catherine. 2003.Early Greek States beyond the Polis. London: Routledge. A challeng-
ing but highly important book that explores the archaeological evidence for the formation and
organization of regional communities in Iron Age and early Archaic Greece and shows that
impressions of primordial unity are typically the result of late and politically motivated claims.
Parker, Robert. 1998.Cleomenes on the Acropolis. An Inaugural Lecture Delivered before the Uni-
versity of Oxford on 12 May 1997. Oxford: Clarendon Press. A thoughtful, wide-ranging, and
provocative exploration of the role played by religion in the formation and articulation of group
identities, with a valuable appendix that collects the evidence forethnos-based cults in the Greek
world.