Athenian power in the fifth century BC / Leah Lazar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lazar, Leah, author.

Series:

Oxford classical monographs.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford classical monographs

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greece--History--Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C.

Greece.

Greece--History--Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

'Athenian Power in the Fifth Century BC' offers a new study of a canonical topic in ancient Greek history, the fifth-century BC Athenian empire. While previous studies have largely focused on Athens and Athenian narrative history, this book brings the Athenians' imperial subjects to centre stage.

Contents:

Cover

Athenian Power in the Fifth Century bc

Copyright

Acknowledgements

Dedication

Contents

List of Figures

A Note on Texts, Translations, and Transliteration

List of Abbreviations

List of Maps

Introduction

0.1 A Familiar Monument of a Familiar Empire?

0.2 Two Centuries of Scholarship on the Athenian Empire

0.3 An Athenian Empire?

0.3.1 Empires and Negotiation

0.4 Sources: From Thucydides to Aristophanes

0.4.1 Sources: Athenian Fifth-Century Inscriptions

0.4.2 Alternative Sources: Beyond Athens, and beyond the Fifth Century

0.5 A New Direction: Negotiation, Flexibility, and Regionality

1. Athenian Decrees, Negotiation, and Negotiators

1.1 Introduction: Aristophanes' Babylonians

1.2 Inscribed Decrees: Spheres of Control and Concession

1.2.1 Traces of Negotiation?

1.2.2.1 Strategies of Negotiation: Temporal Contexts

1.3 The Parameters of Negotiation

1.3.1.1 The Exchange of Oaths and the Enforcement of Control

1.3.1.2 The Decrees for Chalkis

1.3.2.1 Privileges and Honours

1.3.2.2 The Decrees for Selymbria and Neapolis

1.4 The Negotiators: A Pre-Existing Elite Network

1.4.1 Elites, Democracy, and Negotiation

1.5 Conclusion

2. Negotiation, Flexibility, and Corruption in the Athenian Tribute System

2.1 Introduction

2.1.1 Tribute and Taxation

2.1.2 Sources

2.2 Snapshot 1: Varied Statuses and Allied Volunteerism

2.2.1 The Eteokarpathians of Karpathos

2.2.2 Regional Dynamics

2.2.3 Voluntary Contributions and Allied Agency

2.2.4 Beyond the Rubrics: A Broader History of Varied Assessment

2.3 Snapshot 2: The Council and the Court

2.3.1 The Empire-WideDecrees and Corruption

2.3.2 Aristophanes and Imperial Revenues

2.4 Snapshot 3: The End of Tribute

2.5 Conclusion

3. Athenian Festival Culture and Allied Integration.

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Athenian Festivals and Allied Mobility

3.2.1 Athletes and Ambassadors

3.2.2 From Cows to Crowns: Honorific Culture and Allied Elites

3.3 Allied Responses to Athenian Festivals

3.3.1 The Panathenaia, the Dionysia, and Honorific Reciprocity at Priene

3.3.2 The Rhodian Dionysia

3.3 Conclusion (and a Brief Word on Bendis)

4. From the Thermaic Gulf to Thasos: Athenian Power in the North Aegean

4.1 Introduction

4.1.1 The Landscape of the North Aegean

4.1.2 The North Aegean in the Fifth Century

4.2 Athenian Negotiation in the North Aegean

4.2.1 Negotiation and Publicity: The Allied Poleis of Methone and Aphytis

4.2.2 Negotiation with Multi-Polis Entities

4.2.3 Negotiation with the Macedonian Kings

4.2.4 Negotiation with the Thracian Kings

4.3 Competition with Thasos: Thasos as a Colonial Power

4.3.1 Competition with Thasos: Detachment of Mainland Interests

4.3.2 Learning from the Competition: Athenian Foundations in the North Aegean

4.3.2.1 A Brief Diversion: Corinth, Potidaia, and the Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War

4.3.3 Competition through Honour: Athens, Thasos, and Neapolis

4.3.4 Learning from the Competition: Thasian Power at the End of the Fifth Century

4.4 Conclusion

5. Athens, Rhodes, and the Eastern Mediterranean

5.1 Introduction

5.1.1 The Island of Three Poleis

5.2 From the Aegean to Egypt: The Rhodian Proxeny Decrees

5.2.1 A Network Spanning Centuries

5.2.2 Athenian Interest in the Eastern Mediterranean before the Peace of Kallias

5.2.3 Traders and Tribute

5.2.4 Traders, Tribute, . . . and Tetradrachms

5.2.5 Fiscal Imposition in Achaemenid Egypt

5.2.6 Honouring Evagoras

5.2.7 The Rhodian Proxeny Decrees Again

5.3 Rhodes and Athens in the Southern Aegean

5.3.1 Further Variations in Assessment.

5.3.2 Rhodian Regional Power in the Fifth Century?

5.3.3 The Significance of Separate Assessment

5.3.4 The Eteokarpathians Again

5.4 Conclusion

6. Athens, Daskyleion, and Kyzikos: Athenian Power between the Aegean and the Black Sea

6.1 Introduction

6.1.1 From the Hellespont to the Bosporos: Mobility and Exploitation

6.1.2 The Straits in the Fifth Century

6.2 Kyzikos: Between Athens and Daskyleion

6.2.1 Athens and the Black Sea

6.2.2 Athens and Kyzikene Agency

6.2.3 Achaemenid Satrapal Power at Daskyleion

6.2.4 Daskyleion and Kyzikos

6.3 Athenian Taxation in the Straits

6.3.1 The Decrees for Aphytis Explained

6.4 Conclusion

Conclusion: Revolt and Ruddle on Fourth-CenturyKeos

APPENDIX: Fifth-Century Athenian decrees

A.1 Decrees Concerning Individual Communities within the Empire

A.2 Empire-Wide Decrees

A.4 Other Decrees

Bibliography

Index Locorum

I. Literary Texts

II. Inscriptions

General Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 3, 2024).

ISBN:

0-19-199818-4

0-19-889629-8

0-19-889630-1

OCLC:

1416700958