Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; List of references to Greek terms; Maps; Introduction; 1. Coming to terms; 2. Classical modes and patterns of exchange; 3. The juridical place of maritime traders; 4. The level of wealth of maritime traders; 5. Official attitudes toward maritime traders; 6. Unofficial attitudes toward maritime traders; 7. Archaic modes of exchange and the personnel involved, c. 800–475 BC; 8. Conclusion: then and now; Appendices; Bibliography; Indexes.

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Discusses the nature of maritime trade with Athens and official and unofficial interest in it.

About the Author

Charles Reed is William States Lee Professor of History at Queens College, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Reviews

'… a scholarly study of the highest order … he has made it accessible to a wider range of scholars. It will remain the last word on the subject until the unlikely event of the appearance of significant new evidence.' The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology