1st Edition

Early Greek States Beyond the Polis

By Catherine Morgan Copyright 2003
    338 Pages
    by Routledge

    340 Pages
    by Routledge

    Clear and direct in style, and with more than eighty photographs, maps and plans, Early Greek States Beyond the Polis is a widely relevant  study of Greek history, archaeology and society.

    Catherine Morgan addresses the different forms of association experienced by early Iron-Age and Archaic Greeks by exploring the archaeological, literary and epigraphical records of central Greece and the northern Peloponnese.

    Giving an unprecedented understanding of the connections between polis identity and other forms and tiers of association, and refuting the traditional view of early Greek 'ethnic' groups (ethne) as simple systems based on primitive tribal ties, students will find this an essential text in the study of Greek history.

     

    1 Introduction Ethnos and polis, Ethne, ethnicity and tribalism, Archaeology and early Greek ethne, Thessaly, Phokis, East Lokris, Achaia, Arkadia 2 Big sites and place identities 43 Communities of cult 4 Territory, power and the ancestors 5 Beyond the polis: political communities and political identities

    Biography

    Catherine Morgan, The British School at Athens, University of London Royal Holloway.

    'Nothing like this detailed survey of the archaeology of areas selected precisely for not being the heartlands of the classical polis has previously been attempted ... This extraordinary achievement is bound to become a standard work of reference.' - JACT Review

    'This is, then, an important and valuable study ... the data and ideas it contains deserve the widest possible circulation.' - Journal of Hellenic Studies