Children of achilles : the Greeks in asia minor since the days of Troy / John Freely.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freely, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greeks--Turkey--History.

Greeks.

Turkey--History.

Turkey.

Turkey--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, England ; New York, New York : I. B. Tauris, [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the days of Troy historic lands of Asia Minor have been home to Greeks. They are steeped in a rich fusion of Greek and Turkish culture and the histories of both are irrevocably entwined, fatefully connected. Children of Achilles tells the epic and ultimately tragic story of the Greek presence in Anatolia, beginning with the Trojan War and culminating in 1923 with the devastating population exchange that followed the Turkish War of Independence. The once magnificent, now ruined, cities that cluster along the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts of Turkey are reminders of a civilization that

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Prologue - The Trojan Plain; 1. The Achaeans in Anatolia; 2. The Great Migration; 3. The Archaic Renaissance; 4. The Persian Wars; 5. Between East and West; 6. Alexander's Dream; 7. Alexander's Successors; 8. Roman Rule and Revelation; 9. New Rome; 10. The Age of Justinian; 11. Medieval Byzantium; 12. Seljuk Turks and Crusaders; 13. The Latin Occupation; 14. The Sons of Osman; 15. The Fall of Byzantium; 16. The Tide of Conquest Turns; 17. Tourkokrateia and the Rhomaioi; 18. Megali Idea and Catastrophia; 19. Exodus and Diaspora; 20. Ionian Elegy

Source Notes Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786612642487

9780857736307

0857736302

9781282642485

1282642480

9781441657398

1441657398

9780857711311

0857711318

9786000018610

6000018614

OCLC:

710975643