Table of Contents

• Introduction
• 1. House and City, Public and Private: The Urban Landscape
• 2. House as Home: Viewing the Classical Greek House
• 3. The Family at Home
• 4. Working from Home: House and Economy
• 5. Gender Ideology and the Cassical House
• 6. Religion and the Classical House
• Conclusions
• Glossary of Terms
• Further Reading
• Bibliography

Promotional Information

• A fresh insight into ancient Greek domestic life
• Accessible language makes the book ideally suited to undergraduate and postgraduate students
• Highly original ideas likely to spark debate among scholars: the book examines houses and households as both structural and cultural entities.

About the Author

Janett Morgan is Lecturer in Greek Archaeology at Royal Holloway, University of London. She has published widely in classical studies, in the UK as well as in France and Belgium. Of note are her contributions to 'Archaeology and Ancient History: Breaking the Boundaries' (2004) and 'The Blackwell Companion to Greek Religion' (2007).

Reviews

... provides an excellent synthetic overview of house and household activity, and the context of the house in the larger city. Along with the archaeological data she discusses the nature of the Greek house based on insights from classical texts that mention definitions or provide data on houses and household activity. This provides an excellent contextual approach. ... a great introduction for undergraduate courses studying the classical periods - especially since the large urban cities and temples are a major emphasis. Janett Morgan's book fills a gap by bringing it to a wider readership. This book will make a major contribution to the study of the Greek [house]. The author ... goes a long way in calling for a new methodological approach to sifting through the source materials for house and household structure in Greece.