Greek attitudes to settlement and territory were often articulated through myths and cults. This book emphasizes less the poetic, timeless qualities of the myths than their historical function in the archaic and Classical periods, covering the spectrum from explicit charter myths legitimating conque...

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1. Verfasser:	Malkin, Irad 1951- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2024
Ausgabe:	Second edition
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge classical classics
Schlagworte:	Cities and towns, Ancient / Mediterranean Region Mythology, Greek Greeks / Colonization / Mediterranean Region Sparta (Extinct city) / Colonies
Online-Zugang:	DE-12 DE-473 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	Greek attitudes to settlement and territory were often articulated through myths and cults. This book emphasizes less the poetic, timeless qualities of the myths than their historical function in the archaic and Classical periods, covering the spectrum from explicit charter myths legitimating conquest, displacement, and settlement to the 'precedent-setting' and even aetiological myths, rendering new landscapes 'Greek'. This spectrum is broadest in the world of Spartan colonization - the Spartan Mediterranean - where the greater challenges to territorial possession and Sparta's acute self-awareness of its relative national youthfulness elicited explicit responses in the form of charter myths. The concept of a Spartan Mediterranean, in contrast to the image of a land-locked Sparta, is a major contribution of this book. This revised edition contains a substantial new Introduction which engages with critical and scholarly developments on Sparta since the original publication
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Oct 2024)
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (liii, 278 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781009466073
DOI:	10.1017/9781009466073