About the Author

Oswyn Murray is the editor (along with Jasper Griffin and John Boardman) of The Oxford History of the Classical World, and (with Simon Price) of The Greek City from Homer to Alexander (Clarendon Paperbacks). He has also published Early Greece with Fontana (1980).

Reviews

The whole volume is packed with good ideas, and the series of chapter bibliographies and the general bibliography are of great assistance for further study. Classical Review Murray ... did a remarkable job of assembling scholars from a variety of disciplines, backgrounds, and institutions in one place at a time. American Journal of Archaeology