Abstract
IN “Ægean Civilisation,” a previous volume in this series, Prof. Glotz traced Mediterranean culture from its beginnings to its culmination in Minoan Crete and its decline on the mainland. To present as complete a picture as possible he sketched such an outline of the social organisation of these early periods as may be deduced from archfeological remains, eked out with evidence from other sources. In the present volume he takes up the social and economic story of Greece at the point where the previous volume ended. Beginning with the pastoral society of Homeric times, he traces the development of social and economic organisation through the archaic period, the predominance of Athens, and Hellenistic times. Each period has its peculiar characteristic and, as he points out, no general statement is applicable to Greek economics as a whole, but only with special reference to some one of these periods.
Ancient Greece at Work: an Economic History of Greece from the Homeric Period to the Roman Conquest.
By Prof. Gustave Glotz. Translated by M. R Dobie. (The History of Civilisation Series.) Pp. xii + 402. (London: Kegan Paul and Co., Ltd.; New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926.) 16s. net.
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Ancient Greece at Work: an Economic History of Greece from the Homeric Period to the Roman Conquest . Nature 118, 79 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118079a0
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/118079a0