| Review |
""This book will make a major contribution to the study of the Greek oikos. It is full of fresh ideas and grounded in detailed and eye-opening scholarship. I would recommend it as a key text in any lecture course on ancient Greek culture and society, gender, or archaeology." Lloyd Liewellyn-Jones, Senior Lecturer in Ancient History, University of Edinburgh" "The Classical Greek House offers an illuminating reappraisal of domestic space in classical Greece. Starting from the premise that we must cease to view the classical Greek house through the lens of contempoary Western notions of the household, Janett Morgan re-evaluates what h̀ome' meant to different communities in the ancient Greek world. By employing textual analysis alongside archaeological scholarship her book seeks to explain some of the contradictions that previous approaches have left unanswered." "Of value to students and scholars alike, Janett Morgan's work gives an exciting new perspective on relations between men and women, between public and private, and between home and city in the ancient world."--BOOK JACKET. |
