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This history, published as The Lyric Age of Greece, covers the Greek world from roughly the eighth century to the early fifth century BC. Burn follows colonisation, the rise of the hoplite and the polis, tyranny and lawgivers, and the societies of Ionia, the islands, Sparta, and Athens under Solon and the Peisistratids. Lyric poets, traders, and soldiers appear as evidence for how archaic communities lived and competed. The Persian Wars lie at the edge of the story. The book is a consecutive political and cultural history of the archaic age, not a collection of the poems that give the period its name.
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Record ID1303
Contributor
AuthorA.R. Burn
Translator
—Introduced by
Simon HornblowerEditor
—Preface by
—Illustrator
Reginald PiggottCollection & Classification
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First Published
—Fiction / Non-Fiction
Non-FictionEdition
Standard EditionPhysical Details
Binding
Cloth BoundTypeface
Imprint, LithosPage Count
1648ISBN
—Slipcase
YesMarket & Pricing
Language
EnglishFolio Price
—Avg. Sale Price
—In Print
NoFolio Number
1097Last Updated: 23 August 2026
Subject/Genre
4 SubjectsHistory
Ancient
Greece
Civilization
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Volumes4 Volumes
| No. | Volume Title | Page Count |
|---|---|---|
| Vol. 1 | The Lyric Age, the Greek World C. 750-510 Bc | 438 pp |
| Vol. 2 | A.R. Burn, the Persian Wars, the Greeks and the Defence of the West, C. 546-478 Bc, Postscript | 560 pp |
| Vol. 3 | The Classical Age, the Greek World, 479-323 BC | 408 pp |
| Vol. 4 | The Hellenistic Age, the Greek World 336-146 Bc | 242 pp |
Physical Description
Dimensions25.3 x 18 cm
Bound in dark red cloth with a printed and blocked design by Grahame Baker. Dark brown four-volume slipcase titled in brown.
Printings1 Printings
| Printing | Print Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Printing | 2002 | — |