The World of Ionia
Author: Alan M. Greaves
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-04-30
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ISBN-13: 9780415710374
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Miletos, the Ornament of Ionia
Author: Vanessa Barrett Gorman
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2020-03-05
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 0472037773
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Situated on the southwest coast of modern Turkey, Miletos stood for centuries as one of the paramount cities in the Hellenic world, a gateway between the East and West. It became especially famous as the most prolific mother city in Greek history, sending out at least forty-five known primary and secondary settlements into the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea, while at home developing into an intellectual and artistic center and one of the birthplaces of Western science and philosophy. A history of Miletos is long overdue. Despite the significance of this city in antiquity and the important results of ongoing excavations there, the last full-scale discussion of Miletos was written in 1915. In Miletos, the Ornament of Ionia, Vanessa B. Gorman provides the first and only modern, integrated history of the city, collecting and scrutinizing sources about Miletos for the period stretching from the first signs of habitation until 400 B.C.E. This book reviews the archaeological evidence for the physical city, demonstrates the likelihood of both Minoan and Mycenaean settlements there, and substantiates the fact of the Persian destruction and refoundation of Miletos along orthogonal lines. With insight and diligence, Gorman surveys the cults known to have existed during this period; traces the political progress of the city through monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny, and democracy; and sketches the terms of its subjugation under the Persians and later the Athenians. Providing a detailed and up-to-date account of the development of one of the major urban centers of Asia Minor, Gorman's book will engage classicists, historians, and Near Eastern specialists. Vanessa B. Gorman is Associate Professor of History, University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Foundation Myths and Politics in Ancient Ionia
Author: Naoíse Mac Sweeney
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-11-21
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 110747079X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book examines foundation myths told about the Ionian cities during the archaic and classical periods. It uses these myths to explore the complex and changing ways in which civic identity was constructed in Ionia, relating this to the wider discourses about ethnicity and cultural difference that were current in the Greek world at this time. The Ionian cities seem to have rejected oppositional models of cultural difference which set in contrast East and West, Europe and Asia, Greek and Barbarian, opting instead for a more fluid and nuanced perspective on ethnic and cultural distinctions. The conclusions of this book have far-reaching implications for our understanding of Ionia, but also challenge current models of Greek ethnicity and identity, suggesting that there was a more diverse conception of Greekness in antiquity than has often been assumed.
Ionia
Author: Alexander Craig
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
Published: 2021-11-16
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 1513293907
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ionia: Land of Wise Men and Fair Women (1898) is a utopian novel by Alexander Craig. Published with illustrations by renowned German American artist J. C. Leyendecker, Ionia: Land of Wise Men and Fair Women is Craig’s only known novel. Noted for its blend of science fiction and political theory, Craig’s work is among the many novels of the late-nineteenth century to predict the future of air travel. Unlike other utopian tales of the time, however, the author’s vision of a perfect society is built on conservative values. It is also notable for its depiction of severe punishment and overall anti-Semitism. When London banker David Musgrave dies, he leaves his wife and young son a sizable fortune. While raising Alexander, Musgrave’s widow devoted herself to philanthropy in their village. Now a young man forging his own path in London, he learns of a newly discovered country in the Himalayas. Alongside his friend Jason Delphion, he travels by aircraft across the world to see Ionia for himself. There, he learns that the people of the valley descended from Greek mercenaries who fled to the Himalayas during the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great. Isolated, they lived for centuries as farmers and soldiers until, returning from Europe, a prince brought knowledge of modern technology back to Ionia. From then on, their society flourished, surpassing by far any other in human history. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Alexander Craig’s Ionia: Land of Wise Men and Fair Women is a classic work of utopian literature reimagined for modern readers.
The Land of Ionia
Author: Alan M. Greaves
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2015-07-29
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 1119062349
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Incorporating over a century of archaeological research, Greavesoffers a reassessment of Archaic Ionia that attempts to understandthe region within its larger Mediterranean context and provides athematic overview of its cities and people. Seeks to balance the Greek and Anatolian cultural influences atwork in Ionia in this important period of its history (700BC to theBattle of Lade in 494BC) Organised thematically, covering landscape, economy, cities,colonisation, warfare, cult, and art Accesses German and Turkish scholarship, presenting a usefulpoint of entry to the published literature for academics andstudents
The Ionian Islands
Author: Anthony Hirst
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2014-06-26
Total Pages: 477
ISBN-13: 1443862789
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Ionian Islands stretch south from the Adriatic, where Corfu’s Pantokrator mountain overlooks Albania across narrow straits, along the western coast of mainland Greece through Paxi, Kephalonia, Ithaca, Lefkada and Zakynthos, to Kythira, midway between Athens and Crete. Three crucial sea-battles were fought here – Sybota (the first recorded), Actium and Lepanto – an indication of the Ionians’ role as an East-West crossroads, between Western Christendom and the Orthodox and Islamic East. Ruled by Venice in her Stato da Mar (sea-empire), the islands became an independent state, as the Septinsular Republic and then, under British Protection, as the United States of the Ionian Islands. Before the mainland Greeks had a State, the Ionian people were proud of having a university – from 1824 – in Corfu town, a World Heritage Site. The islands were united with the Kingdom of Greece in 1864 – the first addition to its territory. This book (with over thirty illustrations) explores the history, archaeology, languages, customs and culture of the Ionian Islands. Without venturing far from the islands, readers will learn much about this distinctive part of the Mediterranean and Greek world. The chapters range from the mythology of the Bronze Age (Homer’s Scheria, where Odysseus startled Nausicaa as she bathed) to today, concentrating particularly on the British Protectorate (1815–1864). One, illustrated by contemporary maps, deals with descriptions of the islands by a fourteenth-century Venetian writing in Latin. The roles of Jews, Souliot refugees, Greek revolutionaries, rebel peasants in Cephalonia, and workers in Corfu’s port suburb of Mandouki are examined in detail. There are contributions on religion and philosophy, as well as literature, music, painting, and the folk-art of carved walking-canes.
The Land of Ionia
Author: Alan M. Greaves
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2009-12-23
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781444319231
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Incorporating over a century of archaeological research, Greavesoffers a reassessment of Archaic Ionia that attempts to understandthe region within its larger Mediterranean context and provides athematic overview of its cities and people. Seeks to balance the Greek and Anatolian cultural influences atwork in Ionia in this important period of its history (700BC to theBattle of Lade in 494BC) Organised thematically, covering landscape, economy, cities,colonisation, warfare, cult, and art Accesses German and Turkish scholarship, presenting a usefulpoint of entry to the published literature for academics andstudents
Roman Ionia
Author: Martin Hallmannsecker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2022-05-19
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 1009275623
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →How did the cities of Ionia construct and express a distinct sense of Ionian identity under Roman rule? With the creation of the Roman province of Asia and the ever-growing incorporation of the Greeks into the Roman Empire, issues of identity gained new relevance and urgency for the Greek provincials. The Ionian cities are a special case as they, unlike many other cities in Asia Minor, were all old Greek poleis and could look back on a glorious tradition of great antiquity. Martin Hallmannsecker provides answers to this question using studies of the extant literary sources complemented with analyses of the rich epigraphic and numismatic material from the cities of Ionia. In doing so, he draws a more holistic and nuanced picture of the region and furthers understanding of Greek culture under the Roman Empire.
Regionalism in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor
Author: Hugh Elton
Publisher: Ausonius Éditions
Published: 2019-01-22
Total Pages: 207
ISBN-13: 2356132767
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Regions and regionalism have been staples of historical analysis for the Greek world for a very long time. What is meant by a region, however, is not always obvious. The contributions in this volume seek to address the question of defining regions and working out the implications of regionalism along different dimensions of analysis for Asia Minor in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Looking at culture, coinage, political institutions, the papers explore different markers of regional identity, consider ways in which these identities may remain stable or change over time, review the character of the interaction between regional entities and hegemonic powers, and challenge the usefulness in some cases of regional analysis. Questions of ethnicity are also addressed. This volume will be of interest to historians working in Asia Minor and also to anyone concerned with the conceptual questions around regions and regionalism in the Mediterranean world.
