Localism in Hellenistic Greece

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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The Hellenistic age witnessed a dynamic increase of cultural fusion and entanglement across the Mediterranean and Eurasian worlds. Amid seismic changes in the world writ large, the regions of central Greece and the Peloponnese have often been considered a cultural space left behind. Localism in Hellenistic Greece explores how various processes impacted the countless small-scale, local communities of the Greek mainland.Drawing on notions of locality, localism, local tradition, and boundedness in place, Sheila L. Ager and Hans Beck delve into some of the main hubs of Hellenistic Greece, from Thessaly to Cape Tainaron. Along with their contributors, they explore how polis and ethnos societies positioned themselves in a swiftly expanding horizon and the meaning-making force of the local. The book reveals how local discourses were energized by local sentiments and, much like an echo chamber, how discourses related back to the community and the place it occupied, prioritizing the local as the critical source of communal orientation. Engaging with debates about cultural connectivity and convergence, Localism in Hellenistic Greece offers new insights into lived experience in ancient Greece.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-01-05
Mått159 x 235 x 37 mm
Vikt720 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePhoenix Supplementary Volumes
Antal sidor416
FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN9781487548315

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Preface Sheila L. Ager and Hans Beck 1. Introduction: Localism in Hellenistic GreeceHans Beck2. Localism and Environmental History in the Hellenistic Kopaic BasinRuben Post3. Healing a Battlefield: The Local World of Hellenistic ChaironeiaChandra Giroux4. The Other Side of the Stone: Local Proxenia in the Hellenistic Euboian GulfAlex McAuley5. Notes on Matrimonial Strategies in Civic Contexts Sara Saba6. Local Horizons for the Thessalian EleutheriaDenver Graninger7. The Problematic Localism of the Hellenistic AitoliansJoseph B. Scholten8. Aligning the Dots: Local Self-Assertion in a Politically Expanding WorldPeter Funke9. The Local Voice of Enmity: Kleomenes III, Sparta, and ArgosElena Franchi10. "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 Roy12. Global Activities in a Localized Context: Mercenaries, Proxeny, and the Small Local World of Hellenistic ManiChelsea A.M. Gardner13. Being Syracusan in the Hellenistic WorldMark Thatcher14. Between the Local and the Global: Intersectional Elites at Antiochia ad Cragum in Roman Rough CiliciaTim Howe15. Afterword: Reflections on Hellenistic Localism Sheila L. AgerList of ContributorsIndex