Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition

Hellenism is the living culture of the Greek-speaking peoples and has a continuing history of more than 3,500 years.

The Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition contains almost 1,000 entries devoted to people, places, periods, events, and themes, examining every aspect of that culture from the Bronze Age to the present day.

The focus throughout is on the Greeks themselves, and the continuities within their own cultural tradition.

Language and religion are perhaps the most obvious vehicles of continuity; but there have been many others -- gardens, music, magic, education, shipping, metalwork, architecture and countless other elements have all played their part in maintaining this unique culture.

This is the first reference work to embrace all aspects of the Greek tradition in every period of its existence.