Book Description

In commemoration of the work of Mervyn Popham this festschrift contains 22 essays concerned with the archaeology of Crete and Euboea. Studies include an examination of the role of Crete in Homeric epic, a consideration of the role of the `little palace' and some ofthe Middle Minoan pottery found by Evans at Knossos is reexamined. Essays on Euboea include `Knossos and Lefkandi: the Attic connections' and `Euobean Phylla and greek barracks'. Contributors are: Sinclair Hood, Colin F Macdonald, Elizabeth Schofield, Eleni Hatzaki, Peter Warren, Hugh Sackett, Doniert Evely, H W Catling, Judith Weingarten, Susan Sherratt, Dyfri Williams, E Sapouna-Sakellaraki, Angelika Andreiomenou, Irene S Lemods, R W V Catling, J N Coldstream, Angeliki Lebessi, John Boardman, J J Coulton, Evi Touloupa.