ABSTRACT

The World of Hesiod (1936) examines the world of the Ancient Greeks before Ionian rationalism and the civilisation of Athens. Lying between the Heroic Age and the Lyric Age, Hesiod and the Geometric potters and painters set the scene for the economic, political and social changes that were to follow.

chapter Chapter I|30 pages

The Mycenæan Legacy

chapter Chapter II|51 pages

The World of Hesiod

chapter Chapter III|21 pages

The Psychology and Practice of Magic

chapter Chapter IV|40 pages

Law, the State, and the Family

chapter Chapter V|4 pages

Play

chapter Chapter VI|85 pages

The Greek States in the Dark Age

chapter Chapter VII|21 pages

Traders and Sea-farers