Description
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-one 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 III contains detailed and up-to-date studies of Cumae and Pithecusae, The Cyclades, and Cyprus. 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' PrefaceAcknowledgmentsContributorsNote to the ReaderChapter 1: Cumae and PithecusaeMatteo D'AcuntoList of IllustrationsList of Abbreviations1.1 Introduction1.2 Sources1.3 Natural Setting1,4 Material Culture1.5A Political and Diplomatic History: Pithecusae1.5B Political and Diplomatic History: Cumae1.6A Legal History: Pithecusae1.6B Legal History: Cumae1.7A Economic History: Pithecusae1.7B Economic History: Cumae1.8A Familial/Demographic History: Pithecusae1.8B Familial/Demographic History: Cumae1.9A Social Customs and Institutions: Pithecusae1.9B Social Customs and Institutions: Cumae1.10A Religious Customs and Institutions: Pithecusae1.10B Religious Customs and Institutions: Cumae1.11A Cultural History: Pithecusae1.11B Cultural History: Cumae1.12 Conclusion: Pithecusae and CumaeGuide to Further ReadingGazetteerBibliographyChapter 2: The CycladesErica Angliker, Grégory Bonnin, Paul Christesen, Edward Henderson, Clayton Howard, Alex Karsten, Yannos Kourayos, and Alexandra SfyroeraList of IllustrationsList of Abbreviations2.1 General IntroductionSection A: Naxos2.2a Sources2.3a Natural Setting2,4a Material Culture2.5a Political History2.6a Legal History2.7a Diplomatic History2.8a Economic History2.9a Demographic History2.10a Social Customs2.11a Religious Practices2.12a Cultural HistorySection B: Paros2.2b Sources2.3b Natural Setting2,4b Material Culture2.5b Political History2.6b Legal History2.7b Diplomatic History2.8b Economic History2.9b Demography and Family History2.10b Social Customs and Institutions2.11b Religious PracticesSection C: Delos2.2c Sources2.3v Natural Setting2,4c Material Culture2.5c Religious Customs and Institutions2.6c Diplomatic History2.7c Political History2.8c Legal History2.9c Economic History2.10c Familial/Demographic History2.11c Social Customs and Institutions2.12c Cultural History2.13 General ConclusionGuide to Further ReadingGazetteerBibliographyChapter 3: CyprusAnja UlbrichList of IllustrationsList of Abbreviations3.1 Introduction3.2 Sources3.3 Natural Setting3.4 Material Culture3.5 Diplomatic History3.6 Political History3.7 Legal History3.8 Economic History3.9 Familial/Demographic History3.10 Social Customs and Institutions3.11 Religious Customs and Institutions3.12 Cultural History3.13 General ConclusionGuide to Further ReadingGazetteerBibliographyIndex
