The ancient Messenians : constructions of ethnicity and memory
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
The ancient Messenians : constructions of ethnicity and memory
(Paperback re-issue)
Cambridge University Press, 2011, c2008
- : pbk
Available at 1 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
First published in hardback, 2008
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-376) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Delimiting the Messenians
- 3. The return of the Heraclids and the mythical birth of Messenia
- 4. The conquest of Messenia through the ages
- 5. Messenia from the Dark Ages to the Peloponnesian War
- 6. The Western Messenians
- 7. The earthquake and the revolt: from Ithome to Naupactus
- 8. The liberation of Messenia
- 9. Being Messenian from Philip to Augustus
- 10. Messenians in the Empire
- 11. Conclusion.
by "Nielsen BookData"