In the ancient Greece of Pericles and Plato, the polis, or city-state, reigned supreme, but by the time of Alexander, nearly half of the mainland Greek city-states had surrendered part of their autonomy to join the larger political entities called koina. In the first book in fifty years to tackle the rise of these so-called Greek federal states, Emily Mackil charts a complex, fascinating map of how shared religious practices and long-standing economic interactions faciliated political cooperation and the emergence of a new kind of state. Mackil provides a detailed historical narrative spanning five centuries to contextualize her analyses, which focus on the three best-attested areas of mainland Greece—Boiotia, Achaia, and Aitolia. The analysis is supported by a dossier of Greek inscriptions, each text accompanied by an English translation and commentary.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780520272507
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-520-27250-7
- Verlag: University Of California Press
- Erscheinungstermin: 19.07.2013
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 2013
- Serie: Hellenistic Culture and Society
- Produktform: Gebunden, Cloth Over Boards
- Gewicht: 1022 g
- Seiten: 624
- Format (B x H x T): 158 x 236 x 48 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Themen
- Geisteswissenschaften
- Religionswissenschaft
- Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
- Religionsgeschichte
- Religionen der Antike
- Geisteswissenschaften
- Geschichtswissenschaft
- Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
- Geschichte der klassischen Antike