Fourteen essays offering: Reinterpretation of archaeological material ( I. Morris ); Lakonian artistic production ( A. Powell ); Lakonian vase-painting ( A. Powell ); Iconography of Athena ( A. Villing ); Fresh interpretations of texts from Homer and Hesiod to the new Simonides ( K. Raaflaub et al ); Greek settlement in the West ( R. Osborne ); Archaic naval developments ( P. de Souza ); Archaic trade in the Mediterranean ( L. Foxhall ); Literacy and Lawmaking in Crete ( J. Whitley ); Display of weapons ( H. van Wees ).
