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1. The Ancient Greeks

   History and Culture from Archaic Times to the Death of Alexander

   By Matthew Dillon, Lynda Garland

   The Ancient Greeks: History and Culture from Archaic Times to the Death of Alexander offers students a comprehensive introduction to the history and culture of the ancient Greek world for the period c.800-323 BC. It provides critical background to the key historical developments of the time: the...

   Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge
2. Pilgrims and Pilgrimage in Ancient Greece

   By Matthew Dillon

   This volume explores the religious motivations for pilgrimage and reveals the main preoccupations of worshippers in Ancient Greece.Dillon examines the main sanctuaries of Delphi, Epidauros and Olympia, as well as the less well-known oracle of Didyma in Asia Minor and the festivals at the Isthmus of...

   Published May 28th 2012 by Routledge
3. Ancient Greece

   Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Alexander, 3rd Edition

   By Matthew Dillon, Matthew Dillon, Lynda Garland, Lynda Garland

   Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World

   In this revised edition, Matthew Dillon and Lynda Garland have expanded the chronological range of Ancient Greece to include the Greek world of the fourth century. The sourcebook now ranges from the first lines of Greek literature to the death of Alexander the Great, covering all of the main...

   Published June 16th 2010 by Routledge
4. Ancient Rome

   A Sourcebook

   By Matthew Dillon, Lynda Garland

   Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World

   A companion volume to the highly successful and widely used Ancient Greece, this Sourcebook is a valuable resource for students at all levels studying ancient Rome. Lynda Garland and Matthew Dillon present an extensive range of material, from the early Republic to the assassination of...

   Published November 30th 2005 by Routledge
5. Girls and Women in Classical Greek Religion

   By Matthew Dillon

   It has often been thought that participation in fertility rituals was women's most important religious activity in classical Greece. Matthew Dillon's wide-ranging study makes it clear that women engaged in numerous other rites and cults, and that their role in Greek religion was actually more...

   Published April 30th 2003 by Routledge