Societies are defined at their margins. In the ancient Greek world bastards were often marginalized, their affinities being with the female, the alien, the serv

The Hellenistic period was a time of unprecedented cultural exchange. In the wake of Alexander's conquests, Greeks and Macedonians began to encounter new people

How did ancient Greek men and women deal with the uncertainty and risk of everyday life? What did they fear most, and how did they manage their anxieties? Esthe

This major addition to Blackwell’s Companions to the Ancient World series covers all aspects of religion in the ancient Greek world from the archaic, through

New approaches to the study of the family in antiquity.