THE GREEKS OVERSEAS: THEIR EARLY COLONIES AND TRADE
By John Boardman
Thames and Hudson, 1980
ISBN: 978-0500281093
A masterly summary of the spread of Greek civilization across the Mediterranean world in the pre-classical era. This book details one of the most important periods of European history, describing how the Greeks planted trading posts and colonies north, south, east, and west, to reap whatever harvest of materials and
