The Oxford history of the archaic Greek world. Volume I, Argos to Corcyra / edited by Paul Cartledge and Paul Christesen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cartledge, Paul, editor.

Christesen, Paul, 1966- editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Greece.

Greece--Antiquities.

Argos (Greece)--History.

Argos (Greece).

Chalkis (Extinct city).

Eretria (Extinct city).

Chios (Greece)--History.

Chios (Greece).

Lesbos (Greece : Municipality)--History.

Lesbos (Greece : Municipality).

Samos (Greece : Municipality)--History.

Samos (Greece : Municipality).

Corfu Island (Greece)--History.

Corfu Island (Greece).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (673 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

History of the archaic Greek world

Argos to Corcyra

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

'The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World', a collaborative effort by more than 40 eminent scholars, offers 21 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 I contains detailed and up-to-date studies of Argos, Chalcis and Eretria, Chios-Lesbos-Samos, and Corcyra.

Contents:

Cover

Series

The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World

Copyright

Contents

Series Editors' Preface

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Note to the Reader

Chapter 1. Argos

List of Illustrations

List of Abbreviations

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Sources

1.2.1. Written Sources

1.2.2. Archaeological Evidence

1.3. Natural Setting

1.4. Material Culture

1.4.1. Settlement Pattern before the Archaic Period

1.4.2. Burial Practices

1.4.3. Ceramics

1.4.4. Settlement Organization of Argos Town

1.5. Political History

1.5.1. Early Colonies

1.5.2. Argive Hereditary Kings: The Temenids

1.5.3. Tyranny at Argos

1.5.4. Argive Political Offices

1.5.5. Divisions of the Citizen Body and Noncitizen Groups

1.6. Legal History

1.7. Diplomatic History

1.7.1. Argos and Asine

1.7.2. Argive Plain

1.7.3. Relationship of Argos with Mycenae and Tiryns

1.7.4. Argos, Sparta, and Cynuria

1.7.5. Military Organization at Argos

1.8. Economic History

1.9. Familial/​Demographic History

1.10. Social Customs and Institutions

1.11. Religious Customs and Institutions

1.11.1. Religious Sites within the City

1.11.1.1. Cult Sites on the Acropolis

1.11.1.2. Sanctuary of Apollo Lykeios

1.11.1.3. Sanctuary of Aphrodite

1.11.1.4. Other Cult Sites within the City

1.11.2. Festivals

1.11.3. Argive Heraion

1.12. Cultural History

1.12.1. Sculpture and Music

1.12.2. Argives in Athletic Competition

1.12.3. Poetry

1.13. Conclusion

Guide to Further Reading

Gazetteer

Bibliography

Chapter 2. Chalcis and Eretria

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Sources

2.2.1. Excavations and Surveys

2.2.2. Textual Sources

2.3. Natural Setting

2.3.1. Landforms and Geology

2.3.2. Paleoenvironment.

2.3.3. Vegetational Landscape

2.4. Material Culture

2.4.1. Settlement Organization and Settlement Patterns

2.4.1.1. Settlement Organization of Chalcis

2.4.1.2. Settlement Pattern of the Chalcidian Chōra

2.4.1.3. Settlement Organization of Eretria

2.4.1.3.1. Site

2.4.1.3.2. Old Eretria

2.4.1.3.3. Ninth and Eighth Centuries

2.4.1.3.4. Seventh and First Half of Sixth Centuries

2.4.1.3.5. Second Half of Sixth Century

2.4.1.4. Settlement Pattern of the Eretrian Chōra

2.4.2. Borders and Territoriality

2.4.2.1. Chalcis

2.4.2.2. Eretria

2.4.3. Euboean Ceramics

2.4.4. Euboean Funerary Practices

2.5. Political History

2.5.1. Governance of Lefkandi

2.5.2. Hippobotai and Hippeis

2.5.3. Early Political Institutions

2.5.3.1. Chalcis

2.5.3.2. Eretria

2.6. Legal History

2.7. Diplomatic History

2.7.1. "Lelantine War"

2.7.2. Euboeans on the Move

2.7.2.1. Early Euboean Navigation

2.7.2.1.1. North Aegean

2.7.2.1.2. Sicily-​Southern Italy

2.7.2.1.3. Corcyra

2.7.2.1.4. North Africa

2.7.2.2. Euboeans on the Move: Conclusions

2.7.3. Military Strength of Eretria and Chalcis in the Archaic Period

2.7.4. Euboea and Central Greece in the Sixth Century

2.7.4.1. Eretria

2.7.4.2. Chalcis

2.7.5. Persian Wars

2.8. Economic History

2.8.1. Natural Resources

2.8.2. Agriculture

2.8.3. Animal Husbandry

2.8.4. Maritime Trade

2.8.4.1. Pottery

2.8.4.2. Metals

2.8.5. Coinage

2.9. Familial/​Demographic History

2.9.1. Demography

2.9.2. Onomastics, Prosopography, and Marriage

2.10. Social Customs and Institutions

2.10.1. Symposium

2.10.2. Pederasty

2.10.3. Festivals and Associations

2.11. Religious Customs and Institutions

2.11.1. Chalcis

2.11.2. Eretria

2.11.2.1. Sanctuary of Apollo Daphnephoros.

2.11.2.2. Northern Sacrificial Area and Worship of Artemis

2.11.2.3. Acropolis and Worship of Athena

2.11.2.4. Heracles

2.11.2.5. "Heroon"

2.11.2.6. Great Rural Sanctuaries: Sanctuary of Artemis at Amarynthos and Sanctuary of Apollo at Tamynai

2.12. Cultural History

2.12.1. Alphabet

2.12.2. Language

2.12.3. Literature

2.12.4. Myths

2.12.5. Sculpture and Pottery

2.13. Conclusion

Chapter 3. Chios-​Lesbos-​Samos

3.1. Introduction

Section A. Chios

3.2A. Sources for Archaic Chian History

3.3A. Chian Natural Setting

3.4A. Chian Material Culture

3.5A. Chian Political History

3.6A. Chian Legal History

3.7A. Chian Diplomatic History

3.8A. Chian Economic History

3.8A.1. Agriculture and Animal Husbandry

3.8A.2. Natural Resources and Craft Activity

3.8A.3. Commerce

3.8A.4. Coinage

3.9A. Chian Familial/​Demographic History

3.10A. Chian Social Customs and Institutions

3.11A. Chian Religious Customs and Institutions

3.11A.1. Athena

3.11A.2. Dionysus Omadios

3.11A.3. Cybele

3.12A. Chian Cultural History

Section B. Lesbos

3.2B. Sources for Archaic Lesbian History

3.3B. Lesbian Natural Setting

3.4B. Lesbian Material Culture

3.4B.1. Early History of the Island

3.4B.2. Settlement Organization and Chōra of Mytilene

3.4B.3. Settlement Organization and Chōra of Pyrrha

3.4B.4. Settlement Organization and Chōra of Methymna

3.4B.5. Settlement Organization and Chōra of Arisba (and the Sanctuary at Klopedi)

3.4B.6. Settlement Organization and Chōra of Antissa

3.4B.7. Settlement Organization and Chōra of Eresus

3.4B.8. Settlement Patterns on Lesbos

3.4B.9. Burial Customs on Lesbos

3.4B.10. Lesbian Ceramics.

3.5B. Lesbian Political History

3.6B. Lesbian Legal History

3.7B. Lesbian Diplomatic History

3.8B. Lesbian Economic History

3.8B.1. Agriculture and Animal Husbandry

3.8B.2. Natural Resources and Craft Activity

3.8B.3. Commerce

3.8B.4. Coinage

3.9B. Lesbian Familial/​Demographic History

3.10B. Lesbian Social Customs and Institutions

3.11B. Lesbian Religious Customs and Institutions

3.12B. Lesbian Cultural History

3.12B.1. Alcaeus

3.12B.2. Sappho

3.12B.3. Architecture and Sculpture

Section C. Samos

3.2C. Sources for Archaic Samian History

3.3C. Samian Natural Setting

3.4C. Samian Material Culture

3.4C.1. Settlement Organization of Samos Town

3.4C.2. Fortifications and Water Engineering

3.4C.3. Sanctuaries and Cemeteries in Samos Town

3.4C.4. The Heraion

3.4C.4.1. Introduction

3.4C.4.2. Early History of the Site to c. 675

3.4C.4.3. Monumentalization of the Sanctuary in the First Half of the Seventh Century

3.4C.4.4. Regularization and Further Monumentalization of the Sanctuary in the Second Half of the Seventh Century and the First Quarter of the Sixth Century

3.4C.4.5. Onset of Gigantism in the Second Quarter of the Sixth Century

3.4C.4.6. The Heraion in the Time of Polycrates

3.4C.5. Samian Burial Customs

3.4C.6. Samian Pottery

3.5C. Samian Political History

3.5C.1. Early History and Foundation

3.5C.2. The Sixth Century and Polycrates

3.5C.3. Overthrow of Polycrates

3.5C.4. Ionian Rebellion and the Fifth Century

3.6C. Samian Legal History

3.7C. Samian Diplomatic History

3.8C. Samian Economic History

3.8C.1. Agriculture and Animal Husbandry

3.8C.2. Natural Resources and Craft Activity

3.8C.3. Commerce

3.8C.4. Coinage

3.9C. Samian Familial/​Demographic History

3.10C. Samian Social Customs and Institutions.

3.11C. Samian Religious Customs and Institutions

3.11C.1. Cult of Hera and the Heraion

3.11C.2. Artemis

3.11C.3. Zeus Eleutherios

3.11C.4. Panionia

3.12C. Samian Cultural History

3.12C.1. Sculpture and Architecture

3.12C.2. Literature and Philosophy

3.13. Conclusion

Chapter 4. Corcyra

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Sources

4.2.1. Textual Sources

4.2.2. Excavation and Surveys

4.3. Natural Setting

4.4. Material Culture

4.4.1. Corfu up to the Arrival of the Greeks

4.4.2. Settlement Organization

4.4.2.1. Layout of the City

4.4.2.2. Urban Development of Corcyra in the Archaic Period

4.4.2.3. Fortifications

4.4.2.4. Harbors and Port Facilities

4.4.2.5. Agora

4.4.2.6. Workshops

4.4.2.7. Sanctuaries

4.4.2.7.1. Artemision and Nearby Sanctuaries

4.4.2.7.2. Temple at Mon Repos and Sanctuary of Apollo Corcyraios

4.4.2.7.3. Kardaki Temple

4.4.2.7.4. Sanctuary of Dionysus

4.4.2.7.5. (Possible) Sanctuary of Apollo Agyieus and "Small Artemis Sanctuary"

4.4.2.7.6. Other Cult Sites in Urban Corcyra

4.4.2.8. Necropoleis

4.4.3. Settlement Pattern

4.4.4. Peraia of Corcyra

4.4.5. Ceramic Assemblage

4.4.6. Burial Customs

4.5. Political History

4.5.1. Overview

4.5.2. Colonization of Corfu by Greeks

4.5.3. Corcyraean Politeia in the Archaic Period

4.5.4. Subdivisions of the Citizen Body

4.5.5. Corcyraean Whips and Their Social Connotations

4.6. Legal History

4.7. Diplomatic History

4.7.1. Relationship with Corinth at the Time of Foundation

4.7.2. Sea Battle with Corinth and Its Ramifications

4.7.3. Detente with Corinth under the Cypselid Tyranny

4.7.4. Establishment and Disintegration of Corinthian Rule

4.7.5. An Independent Corcyra.

4.8. Economic History.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-764604-2

0-19-938360-X

OCLC:

1422578479