The early age of Greece / by Sir William Ridgeway.

Vol. 1: 2nd impression ; Vol. 2 edited by A. S. F. Gow and D. S. Robertson, with an introd. by A. J. B. Wace.

Índice en v. 2

v. 1: List of illustrations -- 1. The remains and their distribution -- 2. Who were the makers? -- 3. The Homeric age -- 4. Whence came the Acheans? --5. The early Iron Age -- 6. The round shield -- 7. Inhumation, cremation, and the soul -- 8. The brooch -- 9. Iron -- 10. The Homeric dialect -- v. 2: Editors' preface -- Introduction / A. J. B. Wace -- 1. Kinship and marriage -- 2. Murder and homicide -- 3. Fetish, 'totem', and ancestor -- 4. Ireland in the heroic age.

Ridgeway uses a number of ancient sources from literature and archaeological findings to demonstrate how the Achaeans gradually distinguished themselves from the surrounding tribes and developed the basis of the various cultures, languages and societies that became the civilizations of ancient Greece. Contemporary ethnic groups are also discussed as a point of contrast. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in ancient Greece and the genesis of the Greek people.