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Localism in Hellenistic Greece.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ager, Sheila, author.
- Series:
- Phoenix Supplementary Volumes Series
- Phoenix Supplementary Volumes Series ; v.61
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cultural fusion.
- Globalization--History.
- Globalization.
- Halicarnassus (Extinct city).
- Greece--Civilization.
- Greece.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (411 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- Localism in Hellenistic Greeceexplores, in exemplary fashion, how ancient societies positioned themselves in a swiftly expanding world.
- Contents:
- Preface Sheila L. Ager and Hans Beck
- 1. Introduction: Localism in Hellenistic GreeceHans Beck
- 2. Localism and Environmental History in the Hellenistic Kopaic BasinRuben Post
- 3. Healing a Battlefield: The Local World of Hellenistic ChaironeiaChandra Giroux
- 4. The Other Side of the Stone: Local Proxenia in the Hellenistic Euboian GulfAlex McAuley
- 5. Notes on Matrimonial Strategies in Civic Contexts Sara Saba
- 6. Local Horizons for the Thessalian EleutheriaDenver Graninger
- 7. The Problematic Localism of the Hellenistic Aitolians Joseph B. Scholten
- 8. Aligning the Dots: Local Self-Assertion in a Politically Expanding WorldPeter Funke
- 9. The Local Voice of Enmity: Kleomenes III, Sparta, and ArgosElena Franchi
- 10. "Sparta is my country": Competitive Localism in Hellenistic SpartaSebastian Scharff
- 11. Shaping and Reshaping Local Memories in Megalopolis: The Case of the Tyrants Aristodamos and LydiadasJames Roy
- 12. Global Activities in a Localized Context: Mercenaries, Proxeny, and the Small Local World of Hellenistic Mani Chelsea A.M. Gardner
- 13. Being Syracusan in the Hellenistic World Mark Thatcher
- 14. Between the Local and the Global: Intersectional Elites at Antiochia ad Cragum in Roman Rough CiliciaTim Howe
- 15. Afterword: Reflections on Hellenistic Localism Sheila L. Ager
- List of Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781487548377
- OCLC:
- 1415894985
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