In recent years scholarly interest in Ancient Athens has been enlivened by spectacular
archaeological discoveries. The new finds from the pre-Classical city called for a synoptic
reassessment of the material remains their interpretation and the previous methodological
approaches since the dense records of later historical phases had shaped the perception of
Athens before the Persian Wars. Under theses premises the International Workshop held at the
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in February 2017 invited its participants to rethink
early Athens. The papers assembled in this volume aim to question traditional perspectives and
offer a multidisciplinary framework for the discussion of archaeological literary and
epigraphical testimonia.
