Religion and Social Transformations in Cyprus

Giorgos Papantoniou, Ph.D. (2008) in Classics, Trinity College Dublin, is currently a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow at Trinity College Dublin. He has published extensively on Cypriot Iron Age city-kingdoms, Hellenistic Cyprus, and Cypriot sanctuaries and religion.

"The volume emphasises the particularity of the Cypriot case but at the same time does not reduce its significance for an understanding of the wider Hellenistic world. The story of the transition from Basileis to Strategos in Cyprus should not be seen merely as a case study but as a model for understanding ‘hellenisation’ per se. As such, this well-argued and richly illustrated volume will be of real value to those interested in cultural transformations and in the process of Hellenisation within and beyond Cyprus." – Jennifer Webb, in: The Ancient History Bulletin Online 3 (2013)"This work is an unusual and welcome addition to the literature on Hellenistic Cyprus, approaching the transition to Ptolemaic rule on the island from an archaeological perspective and via an integrated methodology that is much more common in studies of pre-/proto-historic periods than those of such a relatively late historical period as the Hellenistic. This novel approach [...] provides an important new framework for understanding social change and continuity during a period of historically attested political upheaval. [...] Papantoniou is to be congratulated on producing a well-illustrated volume that gives a genuinely new perspective on the Cypriot Hellenistic era, and his research will be an important addition to the literature on this period." – Philippa M. Steele, in: BMCR, 2013.08.07