Retraces Ulysses' logical homeward route using a replica of a Bronze Age galley.

    It explores the dramatic geographical range of Greece from the Northern mainland with its oriental influences to the islands with their white-washed fishing villages.

    This collection brings together some of the best work that has been done in this area, with the aim of exhibiting the contribution that close study of these treatises can make to the understanding of Aristotle's philosophy. The book is divided into four parts, each with an introduction which places its essays in relation to each other and to the wider issues of the book as a whole. The first part is an overview of the relationship of Aristotle's biology to his philosophy; the other three each concentrate on a set of issues central to Aristotelian study - definition and demonstration; teleology and necessity in nature; and metaph themes such as the unity of matter and form and the nature of substance.

    of Cambridge, has authored books including Sparta & Lakonia: A Regional History 1300—362 BC ('79), Agesilaos & the Crisis of Sparta('87), The Spartans: An Epic History(11/15/02) & (with A. Spawforth) Hellenistic & Roman Sparta: A Tale of Two Cities ('89). An account of a critical period of Greek history, focusing on a single career. Includes illustrations, maps, genealogical tables.

    

    This book differs from many topical studies of state formation in that unique and particular developments are given as much weight as those factors which are common to all early states. The ancient literary evidence and the relevant historical and anthropological comparisons are extensively drawn on in an attempt to explain the transition to the city-state, a development which was to have decisive effects for the subsequent development of European society.

    The description for this book, Disguise and Recognition in the ODYSSEY, will be forthcoming.