Daily Life of the Ancient Greeks

About the Author
ROBERT GARLAND is Roy D. and Margaret B. Wooster Professor
of the Classics at Colgate University. His research focuses on the
social, religious, political, and cultural history of both Greece and
Rome. He has written ten books and many articles in both academic
and popular journals. His books include Introducing New Gods
(2nd ed. 2008), Celebrity in the Ancient World (2006), Surviving Greek
Tragedy (2004), Julius Caesar (2004), The Greek Way of Death (2nd ed.
2001), The Piraeus (2nd ed. 2001), The Greek Way of Life (1990), Religion
and the Greeks (1994), and The Eye of the Beholder: Deformity and
Disability in the Graeco-Roman World (1995). He has produced Greece
and Rome: An Integrated History of the Ancient Mediterranean for The
Teaching Company (2008), and has been a consultant and discussant
for several television productions on the ancient world.