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Foundation Myths and Politics in Ancient Ionia /
Considers foundation myths in ancient Ionia, exploring issues of identity, ethnicity and the negotiation of cultural differences.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Cambridge classical studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; List of figures; List of abbreviations; Preface; 1 Introduction: identity and the construction of cultural difference; 2 Foundation myths and politics; 3 Ionia; Introducing Ionia; The archaic and classical periods; Sources for Ionian foundation myths; 4 Miletus: violence and bloodshed; Violence and the foundation of Miletus; Violent stories reflecting a violent past?; Violent stories reflecting a violent present?; Stories of conflict and cooperation; Violence as interaction; 5 Chios and Samos: land and island; Putting down roots on Chios; River-born Samos.
- 6 Colophon and Ephesus: founding mothers; Manto, the oikist of Colophon; Manto, Colophon and Claros; Manto and Mimnermus; Colophon: the city of useless luxuries; The Amazons of Ephesus; Interpreting the Amazons; 7 Being Ionian: the Ionian League, Ionian Migrations and Smyrna; The Ionian Migration; Reassessing the Ionian Migration; The nature of the Ionian League; The Melian War and the Panionion; Conflict and being Ionian: the case of Smyrna; 8 Conclusions; References; Index Locorum; General Index.