A Companion to Greeks Across the Ancient World

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Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Maps Illustrations and Tables Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction: Greeks across the Ancient World Notes References Part I Approaches, Ancient and Modern Chapter 1 Mobility in the Ancient Greek World: Diversity of Causes, Variety of Vocabularies1 Categories of Mobility Mass Mobility Forced Migrations of Populations Personal Mobility Conclusion Notes References Chapter 2 English-Speaking Traditions and the Study of the Ancient Greeks outside their Homelands Motherlands, Colonies, and the Marginalization of Greeks on the Margins Apoikiai, Emporia, and the Polis Greeks and Non-Greeks Conclusion Note References Chapter 3 French-Speaking Traditions and the Study of Ancient Greeks outside their Homelands1 The Century When it all Began Victor and Jean Bérard, from the Sea to the Earth Ceramics and Commerce Southern France: The Birth of a Field Laboratory Roland Martin and Urban Spaces Between Apoikiai and Emporia Territories A History of Style Conclusion Note References Chapter 4 German-speaking Traditions (including the Habsburg Empire) and the Study of the Ancient Greeks outside their Homelands Changing Perspectives on “Colonization” The “Greek” People/Race/State(s)/Nation(s) Overpopulation versus Trade Texts and Pots A Postcolonial Epilogue Notes References Chapter 5 Italian-Speaking Traditions and the Study of the Ancient Greeks outside their Homelands Pre-unification Italy: Monarchies and Invasions Nationalism 1861–1945: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome The Postwar Internationalism: Greeks as Olive Branch? Conclusions References Chapter 6 Tsarist Russian, Soviet, and Post-Soviet Traditions and the Study of Ancient Greeks outside their Homelands Greeks in the Black Sea Greeks in Central Asia1 Note References Chapter 7 Models of Culture Contact and Cultural Change: Moving Beyond National and Linguistic Traditions Migration Theories Macro Theories Micro Theories The Social and Cultural Context of Migration Migrants and their Motivations Elite(s) Outsiders, Exiles/Refugees, and Mercenaries Captives and Slaves Itinerant Diviners and Wandering Poets Craftsmen and Merchants Settlers The Relationship between Migrants and Local Populations Culture, Cultural Contact, and Cultural Change Figuration Consumption Network Cultural Change References Part II Regional Case Studies Chapter 8 Phoenicians and Greeks as Comparable Contemporary Migrant Groups Defining “Phoenician” Settlement Types Historical Context Comparative Urban Organization Impermanent or Dependent Non-Citizen Settlements Permanent Independent Citizen Settlements List of Abbreviations Notes References Chapter 9 Neo-Assyrian through Persian Empires Dimensions of Encounter Contacts and Perceptions Through Time Neo-Assyrian Times (Eighth–Seventh Centuries) Neo-Babylonian Times (Sixth Century) Persian Times (Sixth to Fourth Centuries) List of Abbreviations References Further Reading Chapter 10 Greeks in Iron Age Central Europe: Patterns of Interaction and Change The Setting: Early Iron Age Central Europe Greek Activity in Central Europe, Sixth and Fifth Centuries BC Imports Architecture Sculpture Cultural Practices The Impact of Greek Interaction: The Heuneburg and the Hohenasperg Display, Performance, Meanings: The Significance of the Greek Contacts Mechanisms and Effects Greek Activity in Central Europe: Fourth and Third Centuries BC Mercenary Soldiers Coins and Coinage Greek Activity in Central Europe: Second and First Centuries BC Conclusion: Lasting Effects References Chapter 11 Anatolia Geography Late Bronze Age Migration and the Early Iron Age The Eighth to Seventh Centuries BC Expansion The Seventh Century and Lydia Persia and Revolt The Influence of Anatolia Conclusions References Chapter 12 Greeks on the Island of Cyprus: “At home” on the Frontiers “Going Back Home from Greece” Greekness: A Shared Language Immutable Properties Cyprus in the Late Bronze Age Early Iron Age Archaic and Classical Cyprus Hellenistic Cyprus References Chapter 13 Southern Italy Boundaries and Toponyms Routes, Contacts, and Local Populations Apoikiai: Far from Home From the Archaic Period to the Roman Conquest: Some Highlights Acknowledgments Notes References Chapter 14 Sicily Geography Historical Sources Non-Greek Populations Greek Settlement of Sicily Conclusion Note References Chapter 15 The Adriatic Sea and Region1 Perceptions Regional Contexts Colonies? Economic Exchanges Cultural Contacts and Encounters Piracy The Turning Point of the Fourth and Third Centuries Notes References Further Reading Chapter 16 Cyrenaica Geography Libyans and Egypt The Foundation of Cyrene Cyrenaica and Persia Libyan Tribes and Customs Archaeology of the Early Settlements Conclusion Notes References Chapter 17 Egypt Geographical and Historical Summary The Bronze Age/Early Iron Age Saite Egypt (656–525 BC) Greeks in Ptolemaic Egypt Notes References Chapter 18 The Phocaeans in the Far Western Mediterranean The Regional Context Around 600 BCE The Societies of the Western Mediterranean from the Sixth Century BCE to the Second Punic War The Process of the Phocaean Expansion: First Contacts The First Permanent Settlement: Massalia and Emporion The Second Phase of the Phocaean Expansion Greeks, Phoenicians, and Etruscans The Phocaeans and the Indigenous Populations Conclusion References Further Reading Chapter 19 The Northern Aegean The Local Inhabitants Greeks in the Northern Aegean Regional Cultural Physiognomy Conclusion References Further Reading Chapter 20 The Black Sea Early Greek Ventures and Settlements in the Region Worshipping the Healer, the Lady of Apatouron, and the Lord of Scythia Natural Resources, Trade, and Economy Cemeteries and Funerary Material Tumuli Burials Grave Stelai Identity in the Afterlife The City Territories The Crisis in the Third Century BC Conclusion Notes References Chapter 21 The Greeks in the East in the Hellenistic Period Historical Summary Land, Climate, and the Economy The Establishment of the Greeks in the East Aspects of Greek Life King, Cities, and Friends The Greek Administration Coinage The Armed Forces The Spread of Greek Culture Continuity under the Persians and Parthians The Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek Kingdoms Conclusion References Part III Themes Chapter 22 Greeks and Cultural Development in the Pre-Roman Mediterranean The Greeks and Mediterraneanization Urban Development Exchange and Consumption The Alphabet Coinage Religious Syncretism Conclusions References Chapter 23 Relations with Homelands: Apoikia and Metropol(e) is Heuristic and Methodical Problems Conceptual Problems – and Possible Solutions Types of Relationships, Their Prerequisites and Conditions Conclusion References Further Reading Chapter 24 The Making of Greece: Contributions from the Edges1 The Situation in the Peripheral Regions The Pulsating Sixth Century: Formations of Power and Intensifying Overseas Trade Organization of Hegemonial Rule after the Persian Wars The Periphery Strikes Back: The Rise of Marginal Powers in the Fourth Century Religion, Philosophy, and Science Note References Index EULA