CONTENTS

FOREWORD LOOKING BACKWARD

Reinventing Ancient Greek   Civilization

Ancient Greece  in  Perspective:    Time

Ancient Greece  in  Perspective:    Space

Zetemata:   Questions   for Discussion

Recommended for Further Reading

Suggested   Internet    Resources

1   THE GREEKS  AND THE BRONZE  AGE

            Cycladic    Civilization

Minoan  Civilization            

            The Greeks  Speak   Up

The Emergence   of  Mycenaean   Civilization            

            The Character   of  Mycenaean   Civilization

The End of  Mycenaean   Civilization            

Zetemata:   Questions   for Discussion

Recommended for Further Reading

Suggested   Internet    Resources           

2   IRON    AGE GREECE

Dark    Age Ceramic Ware

The Invention   of  the Alphabet

The Age of  Expansion

The Polis

The Olympic Games

Zetemata:   Questions   for Discussion

Recommended for Further Reading

Suggested   Internet    Resources

3   THE POEMS   OF  HESIOD  AND HOMER

The Poems   of  Hesiod

The Development of  Hero    Cult

The Poems   of  Homer

Zetemata:   Questions   for Discussion

Recommended for Further Reading

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4   POETRY  AND SCULPTURE   OF  THE ARCHAIC PERIOD