The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World - Cartledge, Paul; Christesen, Paul; (ed.) - Prospero Internet Bookshop

 
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Illustrations: 87 illustrations, 36 maps
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The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World

Volume VI: Rhodes to Western Sicily
 
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The ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the Mediterranean basin, and each one developed its own, unique set of socio-political institutions and social practices. The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World offers twenty-two detailed studies of key sites from across the Greek world between c. 750 and c. 480 BCE--a crucial period when much of what is now seen as distinctive about Greek culture emerged. All the studies in this seven-volume series use the same structure and methodology so that readers can easily compare a wide range of Greek communities. The series thus offers a new and unique resource for the study of ancient Greece that will transform how we study and think about a crucial era in ancient Greek history. Volume VI contains detailed and up-to-date studies of Rhodes, Sicyon, Syracuse, Thebes, and Western Sicily.

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The ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the Mediterranean basin and was remarkable for both its diversity and its uniformity. As Greeks dispersed throughout the Mediterranean, the different environmental and human ecosystems they encountered created important differences among widely scattered settlements: each Greek community developed its own unique set of socio-political institutions and social practices. Nonetheless, despite their dispersal and diversity, Greek communities were bound together by a network of commercial, cultural, diplomatic, and military ties and shared important commonalities, most notably language and religion.

The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World, a collaborative effort by more than forty eminent scholars, offers twenty-two detailed and comprehensive studies of key sites from across the Greek world in the period between c. 750 and c. 480 BCE. During that period, Greeks confronted a series of demographic, political, social, and economic challenges and generated an array of responses that transformed the ways in which they lived, worked, and interacted. Much of what is now seen as distinctive about Greek culture--such as democracy, stone temples, and nude athletics--first developed during the Archaic period.

The series is organized alphabetically by polis. Volume VI contains detailed and up-to-date studies of Rhodes, Sicyon, Syracuse, Thebes, and Western Sicily. Together with the other volumes in the series, The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World offers a new and unique resource for the study of ancient Greece that will transform how we understand a crucial era in antiquity.
Table of Contents:
Series Editors' Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Note to the Reader
Chapter 1: Rhodes
Lone Wriedt S?rensen and Adam Schwartz
with the assistance of Thomas Heine Nielsen
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Sources
1.3 Natural Setting
1,4 Material Culture
1.5 Political History
1.6 Legal History
1.7 Diplomatic History
1.8 Economic History
1.9 Familial/Demographic History
1.10 Social Customs and Institutions
1.11 Religious Customs and Institutions
1.12 Cultural History
1.13 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
Gazetteer
Bibliography
Chapter 2: Sicyon
Yiannis Lolos
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Sources
2.3 Natural Setting
2,4 Material Culture
2.5 Political History
2.6 Legal History
2.7 Diplomatic History
2.8 Economic History
2.9 Demographic History
2.10 Social Customs and Institutions
2.11 Religious Customs and Institutions
2.12 Cultural History
2.13 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
Gazetteer
Bibliography
Chapter 3: Syracuse
Franco De Angelis and Valentina Mignosa
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Sources
3.3 Natural Setting
3,4 Material Culture
3.5 Political History
3.6 Legal History
3.7 Diplomatic History
3.8 Economic History
3.9 Demographic History
3.10 Social Customs and Institutions
3.11 Religious Customs and Institutions
3.12 Cultural History
3.13 General Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
Gazetteer
Bibliography
Chapter 4: Thebes
Hans Beck
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Sources
4.3 Natural Setting
4,4 Material Culture
4.5 Political History
4.6 Legal History
4.7 Diplomatic History
4.8 Economic History
4.9 Familial and Demographic History
4.10 Social Customs and Institutions
4.11 Religious Customs and Institutions
4.12 Cultural History
4.13 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
Gazetteer
Bibliography
Chapter 5: Western Sicily
Clemente Marconi and Andrew Farinholt Ward
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Sources
5.3 Natural Setting
5,4 Material Culture
5.5 Political History
5.6 Legal History
5.7 Diplomatic History
5.8 Economic History
5.9 Familial and Demographic History
5.10 Social Customs and Institutions
5.11 Religious Customs and Institutions
5.12 Cultural History
5.13 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
Gazetteer
Bibliography