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 I contains detailed and up-to-date studies of Argos, Chalcis and Eretria, Chios-Lesbos-Samos, and Corcyra. 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.
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Series Editors' Preface
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Note to the Reader
Chapter 1: Argos
Jonathan M. Hall
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
Contributor Biography
Gazetteer
Bibliography
Chapter 2: Chalcis and Eretria
Sylvian Fachard and Samuel Verdan
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
Contributor Biographies
Gazetteer
Bibliography
Chapter 3: Chios, Lesbos, and Samos
Paul Christesen, Giuseppe Lentini, Sarah Murray, and Matt Simonton
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
3.1 General Introduction
Section A Chios
3.2a Sources
3.3a Natural Setting
3,4a Material Culture
3.5a Political History
3.6a Legal History
3.7a Diplomatic History
3.8a Economic History
3.9a Demographic History
3.10a Social Customs and Institutions
3.11a Religious Customs and Institutions
3.12a Cultural History
Section B: Lesbos
3.2b Sources
3.3b Natural Setting
3,4b Material Culture
3.5b Political History
3.6b Legal History
3.7b Diplomatic History
3.8b Economic History
3.9b Demographic History
3.10b Social Customs and Institutions
3.11b Religious Customs and Institutions
3.12b Cultural History
Section C: Samos
3.2c Sources
3.3v Natural Setting
3,4c Material Culture
3.5c Political History
3.6c Legal History
3.7c Diplomatic History
3.8c Economic History
3.9c Demographic History
3.10c Social Customs and Institutions
3.11c Religious Customs and Institutions
3.12c Cultural History
3.13 General Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
Contributor Biographies
Gazetteer
Bibliography
Chapter 4: Corcyra
Hans-Joachim Gehrke and Philip Sapirstein
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
Contributor Biographies
Gazetteer
Bibliography
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Paul CartledgeÂis A.G. Leventis Senior Research Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge and Inaugural A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture emeritus in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge. His most recent books areÂDemocracy: A LifeÂandÂThebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece.
Paul Christesen is William R. Kenan Professor of Ancient Greek History, Department of Classics, Dartmouth College. He is the author of three books, including most recentlyÂA New Reading of the Damonon Stele (2019).
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Selling point: Offers detailed studies by world-renowned experts of key sites from across the Greek world
Selling point: Illuminates a crucial period in ancient Greek history
Selling point: Expands learning about ancient Greek sites beyond Athens and Sparta
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780199383597
Publisert
2024
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press Inc
Vekt
1238 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
165 mm
Dybde
37 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
656