The Greeks Overseas (First Edition)

Author: John Boardman
Publisher: Pelican (Penguin Books), 1964
Condition: Softcover, yellowed pages, interior clean
The spread of Greek civilization through Europe and into Africa and the Near East began long before the classical period, long after Troy, Mycenae, and Knossos had fallen. This study gives an archaeologist’s view of one of the most important periods of European history, describing how, out of a time of reduced population and comparative penury, the Greeks set their sails north, south, east, and west to plant trading posts and colonies, to reap whatever harvest of materials and expertise the barbarian could offer, and to disseminate the benefits of their own rapidly developing and brilliant civilization. With seven maps, twenty-four plates, and seventy-five text figures.