Presents an account of Greek history from the end of the Bronze Age to the Classical Period. This book offers a narrative which acknowledges the later traditions, as traditions, but insists that we must confront the contemporary evidence, which is in large part archaeological and art historical, and must make sense of it in its own terms.

Greece in the Making 1200-479 BC is an accessible and comprehensive account of Greek history from the end of the Bronze Age to the Classical Period. This book offers a narrative which acknowledges the later traditions, as traditions, but insists that we must primarily confront the contemporary evidence, which is in large part archaeological and art historical, and must make sense of it in its own terms.

'The present second edition...is perhaps the most up-dated and the most systematic of all such syntheses currently available in English.' - Palamedes