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SNODGRASS, A.M., Archaic Greece. The Age of Experiment. Dent & Sons, London (...), 1980. 236p. Richly ills.(43 B&W photographs). Bound wrps. Name and date on free endpaper. Nice copy. ‘In ‘Archaic Greece’, Professor Snodgrass provides an important, fresh, and potentially controversial evaluation of the Greek world between 850 and 500 B.C. As an archaeologist, he challenges assumptions about the Lyric Age by presenting a formidable analysis of archaeological data, although many of his hypotheses are at variance with current thinking on the period. (…) the principal thesis of ‘Archaic Greece’ is that the major technological, legal, and artistic achievements of Classical Greece were well begun and nearly in place by the time of Persian War. He convincingly demonstrates that the growth of science also had been prepared by rejection of supernatural causes for natural phenomena as early as the sixth century. (…) In short, despite prose that is sometimes dense, Snodgrass has produced an important work that will be useful for teachers and graduate students.’ (A.W. GODFREY in The History Teacher, 1982, p.578). € 34.50 (Antiquarian)