Communities and networks in the ancient Greek world / edited by Claire Taylor and Kostas Vlassopoulos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taylor, Claire, 1978- editor.

Vlassopoulos, Kostas, 1977- editor.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greeks--Ethnic identity.

History.

Greeks.

Politics and government.

Manners and customs.

Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C--Congresses.

Greece.

Civilization.

Greece--Social life and customs--Congresses.

Greece--Politics and government--To 146 B.C--Congresses.

Greeks--Ethnic identity--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiv, 300 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Summary:

This volume examines the diversity of networks and communities in the classical and early Hellenistic Greek world, with particular emphasis on those which took shape within and around Athens. In doing so it highlights not only the processes that created, modified, and dissolved these communities, but shines a light on the interactions through which individuals with different statuses, identities, levels of wealth, and connectivity participated in ancient society. By drawing on two distinct conceptual approaches, that of network studies and that of community formation, 'Communities and networks in the ancient Greek world' showcases a variety of approaches which fall under the umbrella of 'network thinking' in order to move the study of ancient Greek history beyond structuralist polarities and functionalist explanations. The aim is to reconceptualize the polis not simply as a citizen club, but as one inter-linked community amongst many. This allows subaltern groups to be seen not just as passive objects of exclusion and exploitation but active historical agents, emphasizes the processes of interaction as well as the institutions created through them, and reveals the interpenetration between public institutions and private networks which integrated different communities within the borders of a polis and connected them with the wider world.

Contents:

1 Introduction: An Agenda for the Study of Greek History / Claire Taylor Taylor, Claire, Kostas Vlassopoulos Vlassopoulos, Kostas 1

Part I The Diversity of Networks and Communities

2 Social Networks and Social Mobility in Fourth-century Athens / Claire Taylor Taylor, Claire 35

3 Ancient Greek Religion: 'Embedded'... and Embodied / Esther Eidinow Eidinow, Esther 54

4 'Playing with Scales' in the Classical City: The Case of the Marathonian Tetrapolis / Paulin Ismard Ismard, Paulin 80

Part II Processes: Creating Communities and Networks

5 Plotting Strategies, Networks, and Communities in Classical Athens: The Evidence of Slave Names / Kostas Vlassopoulos Vlassopoulos, Kostas 101

6 Trojan Slaves in Classical Athens: Ethnic Identity among Athenian Slaves / Peter Hunt Hunt, Peter 128

7 Metics in Athens / Ben Akrigg Akrigg, Ben 155

Part III Interactions: Poleis, Networks, and Communities

8 Naval and Grain Networks and Associations in Fourth-century Athens / Vincent Gabrielsen Gabrielsen, Vincent 177

9 Beyond the Polis: Island Koina and Other Non-polis Entities in the Aegean / Christy Constantakopoulou Constantakopoulou, Christy 213

Part IV Looking Back and Looking Forward

10 Retrospect and Prospect / John Davies Davies, John 239.

Notes:

Based on papers presented at a research seminar of the Department of Classics at Manchester in Spring, 2008 and a conference was held in Dublin on 6-8 July 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

019872649X

9780198726494

OCLC:

908325563

Publisher Number:

99963664373