Author: NATHAN T. ARRINGTON

The 7th century BC in ancient Greece is referred to as the Orientalizing period because of the strong presence of Near Eastern elements in art and culture.
Conventional narratives argue that goods and knowledge flowed from East to West through cosmopolitan elites.
Rejecting this explanation, “Athens at the Margins” proposes a new narrative of the origins behind the style and its significance, investigating how material culture shaped the ways people and communities thought of themselve.