Author: Thomas Heine NielsenPublisher: Vandehoeck & Rupprecht
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Arkadia and Its Poleis in the Archaic and Classical Periods
Author: Thomas Heine NielsenPublisher: Vandehoeck & Rupprecht
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Arkadia and its Poleis in the Archaic and Classical Periods
Author: Arkadia and Its Poleis in the Archaic and Classical Periods
Author: Thomas Heine NielsenPublisher: Vandehoeck & Rupprecht
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis
Author: Mogens Herman HansenPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780198140993
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1416
Book Description
This is the first ever documented study of the 1,035 identifiable Greek city states (poleis) of the Archaic and Classical periods (c.650-325 BC). Previous studies of the Greek polis have focused on Athens and Sparta, and the result has been a view of Greek society dominated by Sophokles', Plato's, and Demosthenes' view of what the polis was. This study includes descriptions of Athens and Sparta, but its main purpose is to explore the history andorganization of the thousand other city states.The main part of the book is a regionally organized inventory of all identifiable poleis covering the Greek world from Spain to the Caucasus and from the Crimea to Libya. This inventory is the work of 47 specialists, and is divided into 46 chapters, each covering a region. Each chapter contains an account of the region, a list of second-order settlements, and an alphabetically ordered description of the poleis. This description covers such topics as polis status,territory, settlement pattern, urban centre, city walls and monumental architecture, population, military strength, constitution, alliance membership, colonization, coinage, and Panhellenic victors.The first part of the book is a description of the method and principles applied in the construction of the inventory and an analysis of some of the results to be obtained by a comparative study of the 1,035 poleis included in it. The ancient Greek concept of polis is distinguished from the modern term `city state', which historians use to cover many other historic civilizations, from ancient Sumeria to the West African cultures absorbed by the nineteenth-century colonializingpowers. The focus of this project is what the Greeks themselves considered a polis to be.
An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis
Author: Mogens Herman HansenPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191518255
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1416
Book Description
This is the first ever documented study of the 1,035 identifiable Greek city states (poleis) of the Archaic and Classical periods (c.650-325 BC). Previous studies of the Greek polis have focused on Athens and Sparta, and the result has been a view of Greek society dominated by Sophokles', Plato's, and Demosthenes' view of what the polis was. This study includes descriptions of Athens and Sparta, but its main purpose is to explore the history and organization of the thousand other city states. The main part of the book is a regionally organized inventory of all identifiable poleis covering the Greek world from Spain to the Caucasus and from the Crimea to Libya. This inventory is the work of 47 specialists, and is divided into 46 chapters, each covering a region. Each chapter contains an account of the region, a list of second-order settlements, and an alphabetically ordered description of the poleis. This description covers such topics as polis status, territory, settlement pattern, urban centre, city walls and monumental architecture, population, military strength, constitution, alliance membership, colonization, coinage, and Panhellenic victors. The first part of the book is a description of the method and principles applied in the construction of the inventory and an analysis of some of the results to be obtained by a comparative study of the 1,035 poleis included in it. The ancient Greek concept of polis is distinguished from the modern term `city state', which historians use to cover many other historic civilizations, from ancient Sumeria to the West African cultures absorbed by the nineteenth-century colonializing powers. The focus of this project is what the Greeks themselves considered a polis to be.
The Fortifications of Arkadian City States in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
Author: Matthew P. MaherPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191090204
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
This illustrated study comprises a comprehensive and detailed account of the historical development of Greek military architecture and defensive planning, specifically in Arkadia in the Classical and Hellenistic periods. Employing data gathered from the published literature, and collected during the field reconnaissance of every site, the fortification circuit of each Arkadian polis is explored. In this way, the book provides an accurate chronology for the walls in question; an understanding of the relationship between the fortifications and the local topography; a detailed inventory of all the fortified poleis of Arkadia; a regional synthesis based on this inventory; and the probable historical reasons behind the patterns observed through the regional synthesis. Maher argues that there is no evidence for fortified poleis in Arkadia during the Archaic period. However, when the poleis were eventually fortified in the Classical period, the fact that most appeared in the early fourth century BC, strategically distributed in limited geographic areas, suggests that the larger defensive concerns of the Arkadian League were a factor. Although the defensive responses to innovations in siege warfare and offensive artillery of the Arkadian fortifications follow the same general developments observable in the circuits found throughout the Greek world, there does exist a number of interesting and noteworthy, regionally specific, patterns. Such discoveries validate the methodology employed and clearly demonstrate the value of an exclusively regional focus for shedding light on a number of architectural, topographical, and historic issues.
Arkadia
Author: Thomas Heine NielsenPublisher: Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab
ISBN: 9788778761606
Category : Arkadia (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
The Development of the Polis in Archaic Greece
Author: Lynette MitchellPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113475471X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
Beyond the historical development of the Greek polis, the authors ask questions about the civic institutions of ancient Greece as a whole, and their relationships to each other.
Even More Studies in the Ancient Greek Polis
Author: Thomas Heine NielsenPublisher: Franz Steiner Verlag
ISBN: 9783515081023
Category : Cities and towns, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
A series of new Papers from the Copenhagen Polis Centre. Among other things, these important papers discuss the role and function of theatres in the Greek world, the nature of early Cretan laws, how Greeks and indigenous peoples interacted on Sicily and in Magna Graecia, and whether or not the modern concept of 'the stateless society' applies to the ancient Greek polis.
Antike Mythen
Author: Ueli DillPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110209098
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 775
Book Description
Dieser Band versammelt Beiträge von namhaften europäischen und amerikanischenAltertumswissenschaftlern und Religionswissenschaftlern, die einen repräsentativen Querschnitt der zeitgenössischen Erforschung des Mythos, seiner Erscheinungsformen und seiner Transformationen in unterschiedlichen Bereichen und Epochen darbieten.