Creating a Common Polity Religion, Economy, and Politics in the Making of the Greek Koinon - Hellenistic Culture and Society;
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In the ancient Greece of Pericles and Plato, the polis, or city-state, reigned supreme, but by the time of Alexander, nearly half of the mainland Greek city-states had surrendered part of their autonomy to join the larger political entities called koina. In the first book in fifty years to tackle the rise of these so-called Greek federal states, Emily Mackil charts a complex, fascinating map of how shared religious practices and long-standing economic interactions faciliated political cooperation and the emergence of a new kind of state. Mackil provides a detailed historical narrative spanning five centuries to contextualize her analyses, which focus on the three best-attested areas of mainland Greece-Boiotia, Achaia, and Aitolia. The analysis is supported by a dossier of Greek inscriptions, each text accompanied by an English translation and commentary.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780520272507 |
Publisher: | University of California Press |
Imprint: | University of California Press |
Pub date: | 19 Jul 2013 |
DEWEY: | 320.938 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 593 |
Weight: | 972g |
Height: | 232mm |
Width: | 162mm |
Spine width: | 41mm |