The Cambridge companion to ancient Athens / edited by Jenifer Neils, Dylan Rogers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Athens : an introduction / Jenifer Neils -- #Leagros : an Athenian life / H.A. Shapiro -- Asty & Chora : city and countryside / Sylvian Fachard -- The emergence of the Polis / John K. Papadopoulos -- City streets, walls, and gates / Leda Costaki and Anna Maria Theocharaki -- The Akropolis / Panos Valavanis -- The Agora : public life and administration / John McK. Camp II -- Athenian inscriptions / Elizabeth A. Meyer -- Water and water manangement / Jutta Stroszeck -- Housing and domestic architecture / Katherine B. Harrington -- The archaic and classical cemeteries / Tim Shea -- Population and social structure / Danielle L. Kellogg -- The Athenian family / Cynthia B. Patterson -- Death and disease / Maria A. Liston -- Animals in Athenian life / Tyler Jo Smith -- Labor and employment / David M. Lewis -- Piraeus : harbors, navy, and shipping / George Steinhauer -- The archaeology of markets and trade / Mark L. Lawall -- Coinage and its economic implications / John H. Kroll -- The ceramic industry / Susan I. Rotroff -- Sculpture and its role in the city / Olga Palagia -- The philosophical schools / Geoffrey Bakewell -- Athletics, democracy, and war / David M. Pritchard -- Theatrical spaces / Valentina Di Napoli -- Athenian festivals / Margaret M. Miles and Jenifer Neils -- Eating and drinking / Ann Steiner -- Sex and the city / Kirk Ormand -- Associations / James Kierstead -- Rule of law and lawcourts / Edward M. Harris -- Armed forces / David M. Pritchard -- Roman Athens / Dylan K. Rogers -- Early travelers and the rediscovery of Athens / Robert K. Pitt -- Modern Athens and its relationship with the past / Robert A. Bridges, Jr. -- Urban archaeology : uncovering the ancient city / Leda Costaki.

"Named for a goddess, epicenter of the first democracy, birthplace of tragic and comic theatre, locus of the major philosophical schools, artistically in the vanguard for centuries, ancient Athens looms large in contemporary study of the ancient world. This Companion is a comprehensive introduction the city, its topography and monuments, inhabitants and cultural institutions, religious rituals and politics. Chapters link the religious, cultural, and political institutions of Athens to the physical locales in which they took place. Discussion of the urban plan, with its streets, gates, walls, and public and private buildings, provide readers with a thorough understanding of how the city operated and what people saw, heard, smelled, and tasted as they flowed through it. Drawing on the latest scholarship, as well as excavation discoveries at the Agora, sanctuaries, and cemeteries, the Companion explores how the city was planned, how it functioned, and how it was transformed from a democratic polis into a Roman city"-- Back cover.