The ancient Messenians : constructions of ethnicity and memory /

The ancient Messenians : constructions of ethnicity and memory /

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Author / Creator:Luraghi, Nino.
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2008.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 389 pages) : illustrations, map
Language:English
Subject:
Messēnia (Greece) -- History.
Greece -- Messēnia.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11814002
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ISBN:9780511397073
0511397070
9780511399756
0511399758
0511397844
9780511397844
9780511481413
0511481411
9786611383626
661138362X
9780521855877
052185587X
9780511396342
0511396341
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-376) and indexes.
Print version record.
Summary:Early in the archaic period of Greek history, Messenia was annexed and partially settled by its powerful neighbour, Sparta. Achieving independence in the fourth century BC, the inhabitants of Messenia set about trying to forge an identity for themselves separate from their previous identity as Spartan subjects, refunctionalising or simply erasing their Spartan heritage. Professor Luraghi provides a thorough examination of the history of Messenian identity and consequently addresses a range of questions and issues whose interest and importance have only been widely recognised by ancient historians during the last decade. By a detailed scrutiny of the ancient written sources and the archaeological evidence, the book reconstructs how the Messenians perceived and constructed their own ethnicity at different points in time, by applying to Messenian ethnicity insights developed by anthropologists and early medieval historians.
Other form:Print version: Luraghi, Nino. Ancient Messenians. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521855877
Table of Contents:
  • Delimiting the Messenians
  • The return of the Heraclids and the mythical birth of Messenia
  • The conquest of Messenia through the ages
  • Messenia from the Dark Ages to the Peloponnesian War
  • Western Messenians
  • The earthquake and the revolt: from Ithome to Naupaktos
  • The liberation of Messene
  • Being Messenian from Philip to Augustus
  • Messenians in the Empire.

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