The Oxford history of the archaic Greek world. Volume III, Cumae to Cyprus / 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.

Cumae (Extinct city)--History.

Cumae (Extinct city).

Cyprus--History--To 1500.

Cyprus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (818 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

History of the archaic Green world

Cumae to Cyprus

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]

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 III contains detailed and up-to-date studies of 'Cumae and Pithecusae', 'The Cyclades', and 'Cyprus'.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World

Copyright

Contents

Series Editors' Preface

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Note to the Reader

Chapter 1. Cumae and Pithecusae

List of Illustrations

List of Abbreviations

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Sources

1.2.1. Textual Sources

1.2.1.1. Pithecusae

1.2.1.2. Cumae

1.2.2. Archaeological Excavations and Surveys

1.2.2.1. Pithecusae

1.2.2.2. Cumae

1.3. Natural Setting

1.3.1. Topography, Geology, and Climate

1.3.2. Flora and Fauna

1.4. Material Culture

1.4.1. Peoples of Campania in the Early Iron Age

1.4.2. Mycenaeans in the Bay of Naples

1.4.3. Campanian Settlements and the Euboean Pre-Colonial Network

1.4.4. Pithecusae at the Time of Foundation of the Greek Settlement

1.4.5. Cumae at the Time of Foundation of the Greek Settlement

1.4.6. Foundation of Pithecusae and Cumae

1.4.6.1. Literary and Epigraphic Evidence

1.4.6.2. Archaeological Evidence

1.4.6.3. Overview

1.4A. Material Culture: Pithecusae

1.4A.1. Place Name and Myths

1.4A.2. Settlement Organization

1.4A.2.1. Location and Layout

1.4A.2.2. Acropolis, Sanctuaries, Necropolis, Residential Areas, and Workshops

1.4A.3. Settlement Pattern

1.4A.4. Pottery

1.4A.5. Burial Customs

1.4A.5.1. 750-​690

1.4A.5.2. Absence of Highest-​Level Elite Graves

1.4A.5.3. Seventh and Sixth Centuries

1.4B. Material Culture: Cumae

1.4B.1. Introduction

1.4B.2. Settlement Organization

1.4B.2.1. Layout and History of the Site

1.4B.2.2. Quarter South of the Northern Walls: Definition of the Town Plan (Early Seventh Century)

1.4B.2.3. Fortifications

1.4B.2.3.1. Earliest Phase, c. 600

1.4B.2.3.2. Reconstruction of the Walls, c. 550

1.4B.2.3.3. Late Archaic Walls and Moat, c. 500.

1.4B.2.4. Sewer

1.4B.2.5. Residential District and Agora underneath the Roman Forum

1.4B.2.6. Upper Sanctuary on the Acropolis

1.4B.2.7. So-​Called Cave of the Sibyl

1.4B.2.8. Lower Sanctuary on the Acropolis: A Sanctuary for Zeus?

1.4B.2.9. Heraion on the Southern Hill of the Acropolis

1.4B.2.10. Peri-​Urban Sanctuaries

1.4B.2.11. Necropoleis

1.4B.3. Burial Customs

1.4B.3.1. Late Eighth through Early Sixth Century

1.4B.3.2. Graves of the Colony's Elite and Euboean Models (Late Eighth Century)

1.4B.3.3. Tomb 104 Fondo Artiaco (Early Seventh Century)

1.4B.3.4. Second Half of the Sixth and Early Fifth Century

1.4B.4. Pottery

1.4B.5. Settlement Pattern

1.5A. Political and Diplomatic History: Pithecusae

1.5A.1. Emporion or Apoikia?

1.5A.2. Pithecusae as a Polis

1.5A.3. Pithecusae as a Dependency of Cumae

1.5B. Political and Diplomatic History: Cumae

1.5B.1. Sources

1.5B.2. Cumae before Aristodemus' Tyranny

1.5B.3. First Battle of Cumae (524)

1.5B.4. Establishment of Aristodemus' Tyranny (504)

1.5B.5. Aristodemus' Relationship with Tarquinius Superbus and Rome

1.5B.6. Aristodemus' Death

1.5B.7. Aristodemus: Effeminate or Mild?

1.5B.8. Cumae after Aristodemus

1.5B.9. Cumaean Military in the Archaic Period

1.6A. Legal History: Pithecusae

1.6B. Legal History: Cumae

1.7A. Economic History: Pithecusae

1.7A.1. Agriculture

1.7A.2. Craft Production

1.7A.2.1. Metallurgy

1.7A.2.2. Pottery Production

1.7A.3. Trade

1.7A.4. Coinage

1.7B. Economic History: Cumae

1.7B.1. Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Natural Resources

1.7B.2. Craft Production and Trade

1.7B.3. Coinage

1.8A. Familial/​Demographic History: Pithecusae

1.8A.1. Population Levels

1.8A.2. Greek Settlers versus and with the Indigenous Population.

1.8A.3. Levantines in Pithecusae

1.8B. Familial/​Demographic History: Cumae

1.8B.1. Population Levels

1.8B.2. Greek Colonists' Relationships with the Indigenous Population in the Chōra of Cumae: Servitude and Intermarriage

1.8B.3. Greek Colonists' Relationships with the Indigenous Population outside the Chōra of Cumae in the Eighth Century: Commercial and Cultural Exchange

1.8B.4. Greek Colonists' Relationships with the Indigenous Population in the Orientalizing Period (730/​720-​580): Cultural Hybridization

1.9A. Social Customs and Institutions: Pithecusae

1.9B. Social Customs and Institutions: Cumae

1.10A. Religious Customs and Institutions: Pithecusae

1.10B. Religious Customs and Institutions: Cumae

1.10B.1. Apollo, His Sanctuary on the Acropolis, and the Sibylline Oracle

1.10B.2. Hera, Her Early Cult, and Its Functions

1.10B.3. Dionysus and the Initiates of the Mysteries

1.10B.4. Demeter

1.10B.5. The "Underworld" Landscape and Nekyomanteion at Lake Avernus

1.11A. Cultural History: Pithecusae

1.11A.1. Alphabet and Literacy

1.11A.2. "Nestor's Cup" and Its Burial Context

1.11B. Cultural History: Cumae

1.12. Conclusion

Guide to Further Reading

Gazetteer

Bibliography

Chapter 2. The Cyclades

2.1. Introduction

Section A: Naxos

2.2A. Sources

2.2A.1. Textual Sources

2.2A.2. Archaeological Excavations

2.3A. Natural Setting

2.4A. Material Culture

2.4A.1. Before the Archaic Period

2.4A.2. Settlement Organization

2.4A.2.1. General Observations

2.4A.2.2. Palatia

2.4A.2.3. Yria

2.4A.3. Settlement Pattern

2.4A.3.1. Sangri

2.4A.3.2. Phlerio

2.4A.3.3. The Aqueduct

2.4A.3.4. Other Sites in the Chōra

2.4A.4. Burial Customs

2.4A.4.1. Burial Customs on Naxos before the Archaic Period.

2.4A.4.2. Archaic Burials in Naxos Town

2.4A.4.3. Veneration of Ancestors

2.4A.5. Pottery

2.4A.5.1. Naxian Pottery before the Archaic Period

2.4A.5.2. Naxian Pottery of the Seventh Century

2.4A.5.2.1. Heraldic Group

2.4A.5.2.2. Linear Island Style

2.4A.5.3. Relief Pithoi

2.4A.5.4. End (?) of Pottery Production on Naxos in the Archaic Period

2.5A. Political History

2.6A. Legal History

2.7A. Diplomatic History

2.7A.1. Colonization

2.7A.2. Naxos and Miletus

2.7A.3. Naxos and Paros

2.7A.4. Lygdamis and Polycrates

2.7A.5. Persian Siege of c. 500

2.7A.6. Naxos in the Period of the Persians Wars (490-​479)

2.8A. Economic History

2.8A.1. Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Fishing

2.8A.2. Natural Resources, Craft Production, and Commerce

2.8A.3. Coinage

2.9A. Familial/​Demographic History

2.10A. Social Customs

2.11A. Religious Practices

2.11A.1. Apollo and Artemis

2.11A.2. Demeter

2.11A.3. Dionysus and Ariadne

2.11A.4. Zeus

2.11A.5. Other Deities, Heroes, and Veneration of Ancestors

2.12A. Cultural History

2.12A.1. Naxian Epichoric Alphabet

2.12A.2. Sculpture

2.12A.3. Architecture

Section B: Paros

2.2B. Sources

2.2B.1. Textual Sources

2.2B.1.1. Epigraphic Texts

2.2B.1.2. Literary Texts

2.2B.2. Archaeological Excavations

2.3B. Natural Setting

2.4B. Material Culture

2.4B.1. Before the Archaic Period

2.4B.1.1. Literary Sources

2.4B.1.2. Material Evidence

2.4B.2. Koukounaries and Nearby Sites

2.4B.3. Settlement Organization of Paros Town

2.4B.3.1. Layout of the Site

2.4B.3.2. Before the Middle Geometric Period

2.4B.3.3. Necropoleis, Fortifications, Harbor Facilities, and Workshops

2.4B.3.4. Acropolis

2.4B.3.5. Agora

2.4B.3.6. Gorgon Sanctuary

2.4B.3.7. Delion

2.4B.3.8. Sanctuaries on Kounados Hill.

2.4B.3.9. Archilocheion

2.4B.3.10. Sanctuaries on the Southern Edge of the Urban Center

2.4B.3.11. Unlocated Sanctuaries and Buildings

2.4B.4. The Rest of the Island

2.4B.5. Despotiko

2.4B.5.1. Sanctuary before the Archaic Period

2.4B.5.2. North Complex

2.4B.5.3. South Complex

2.4B.5.4. Other Buildings in the Vicinity of the Sanctuary

2.4B.5.5. Marble Statues

2.4B.5.6. Deities Worshipped at the Sanctuary

2.4B.6. Burial Customs

2.4B.7. Pottery

2.4B.7.1. Geometric Period

2.4B.7.2. First Parian Orientalizing Style

2.4B.7.3. "Melian" Vases

2.4B.7.4. Relief Vases

2.5B. Political History

2.5B.1. Paros and Thasos

2.5B.2. Polis Formation, Stasis, and Governmental Structure

2.5B.3. Magistracies and Subdivisions of the Citizen Body

2.6B. Legal History

2.7B. Diplomatic History

2.7B.1. Paros and Miletus

2.7B.2. Parians in the North Aegean

2.7B.3. Paros during the Persian Wars

2.8B. Economic History

2.8B.1. Agriculture

2.8B.2. Natural Resources

2.8B.3. Craft Production and Commerce

2.8B.4. Coinage

2.9B. Familial/​Demographic History

2.9B.1. Size of the Parian Population in the Archaic Period

2.9B.2. Position of Women in Parian Society in the Archaic Period

2.10B. Social Customs and Institutions

2.11B. Religious Practices

2.11B.1. Apollo and Artemis

2.11B.2. Athena

2.11B.3. Demeter

2.11B.4. Zeus

2.11B.5. Other Deities and Hero Cults

2.12B. Cultural History

2.12B.1. Parian Epichoric Alphabet

2.12B.2. Literature

2.12B.3. Sculpture

Section C: Delos

2.2C. Sources

2.2C.1. Archaeological Evidence

2.2C.2. Textual Sources

2.2C.2.1. Literary Texts

2.2C.2.2. Epigraphic Texts

2.3C. Natural Setting

2.4C. Material Culture

2.4C.1. Overview of Settlement Organization and Settlement Pattern.

2.4C.2. Before the Eighth Century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-764635-2

0-19-764634-4

0-19-938352-9

OCLC:

1513826694