A small Greek world : networks in the Ancient Mediterranean /

Greek civilization and identity crystallized not when Greeks were close together but when they came to be far apart. This book looks at how Greek the network shaped a small Greek world where separation is measured by degrees of contact rather than by physical dimensions

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Malkin, Irad
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2011], ©2011
New York : c2011
New York : ©2011
Oxford ; New York : c2011
New York : [2011]
Series:Greeks overseas
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : networks and history
  • Island networking and Hellenic convergence : from Rhodes to Naukratis
  • Sicily and the Greeks : Apollo Archegetes and the Sikeliote network
  • Herakles and Melqart : networking heroes
  • Networks and middle grounds in the Western Mediterranean
  • Cult and identity in the Far West : Phokaians, Ionians, and Hellenes
  • 1 Introduction: Networks and History
  • 2. Island Networking and Hellenic Convergence: From Rhodes to Naukratis
  • 3. Sicily and the Greeks: Apollo Archegetes and the Sikeliote Network
  • 4. Herakles and Melqart: Networking Heroes
  • 5. Networks and Middle Grounds in the Western Mediterranean
  • 6. Cult and Identity in the Far West: Phokaians, Ionians, and Hellenes.