The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World by Cartledge, Paul; Christesen, Paul;

Volume III: Cumae to Cyprus

Series: Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World;

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Publisher OUP USA
Date of Publication 18 August 2025

ISBN 9780199383511
Binding Hardback
No. of pages856 pages
Size 231x160x48 mm
Weight 1520 g
Language English
Illustrations 84 illustrations, 42 maps, 6 tables

Short description:

The ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the Mediterranean basin, and each one developed its own, unique set of socio-political institutions and social practices. The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World offers twenty-one detailed studies of key sites from across the Greek world between c. 750 and c. 480 BCE--a crucial period when much of what is now seen as distinctive about Greek culture emerged. All the studies in this seven-volume series use the same structure and methodology so that readers can easily compare a wide range of Greek communities. The series thus offers a new and unique resource for the study of ancient Greece that will transform how we study and think about a crucial era in ancient Greek history. Volume III contains detailed and up-to-date studies of Cumae and Pithecusae, The Cyclades, and Cyprus.

Long description:

The ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the Mediterranean basin and was remarkable for both its diversity and its uniformity. As Greeks dispersed throughout the Mediterranean, the different environmental and human ecosystems they encountered created important differences among widely scattered settlements: each Greek community developed its own unique set of socio-political institutions and social practices. Nonetheless, despite their dispersal and diversity, Greek communities were bound together by a network of commercial, cultural, diplomatic, and military ties and shared important commonalities, most notably language and religion.

The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World, a collaborative effort by more than forty eminent scholars, offers twenty-one detailed and comprehensive studies of key sites from across the Greek world in the period between c. 750 and c. 480 BCE. During that period, Greeks confronted a series of demographic, political, social, and economic challenges and generated an array of responses that transformed the ways in which they lived, worked, and interacted. Much of what is now seen as distinctive about Greek culture--such as democracy, stone temples, and nude athletics--first developed during the Archaic period.

The series is organized alphabetically by polis. Volume III contains detailed and up-to-date studies of Cumae and Pithecusae, The Cyclades, and Cyprus. Together with the other volumes in the series, the Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World offers a new and unique resource for the study of ancient Greece that will transform how we understand a crucial era in antiquity.

Series Editors' Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Note to the Reader
Chapter 1: Cumae and Pithecusae
Matteo D'Acunto
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Sources
1.3 Natural Setting
1,4 Material Culture
1.5A Political and Diplomatic History: Pithecusae
1.5B Political and Diplomatic History: Cumae
1.6A Legal History: Pithecusae
1.6B Legal History: Cumae
1.7A Economic History: Pithecusae
1.7B Economic History: Cumae
1.8A Familial/Demographic History: Pithecusae
1.8B Familial/Demographic History: Cumae
1.9A Social Customs and Institutions: Pithecusae
1.9B Social Customs and Institutions: Cumae
1.10A Religious Customs and Institutions: Pithecusae
1.10B Religious Customs and Institutions: Cumae
1.11A Cultural History: Pithecusae
1.11B Cultural History: Cumae
1.12 Conclusion: Pithecusae and Cumae
Guide to Further Reading
Gazetteer
Bibliography
Chapter 2: The Cyclades
Erica Angliker, Grégory Bonnin, Paul Christesen, Edward Henderson, Clayton Howard, Alex Karsten, Yannos Kourayos, and Alexandra Sfyroera
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
2.1 General Introduction
Section A: Naxos
2.2a Sources
2.3a Natural Setting
2,4a Material Culture
2.5a Political History
2.6a Legal History
2.7a Diplomatic History
2.8a Economic History
2.9a Demographic History
2.10a Social Customs
2.11a Religious Practices
2.12a Cultural History
Section B: Paros
2.2b Sources
2.3b Natural Setting
2,4b Material Culture
2.5b Political History
2.6b Legal History
2.7b Diplomatic History
2.8b Economic History
2.9b Demography and Family History
2.10b Social Customs and Institutions
2.11b Religious Practices
Section C: Delos
2.2c Sources
2.3v Natural Setting
2,4c Material Culture
2.5c Religious Customs and Institutions
2.6c Diplomatic History
2.7c Political History
2.8c Legal History
2.9c Economic History
2.10c Familial/Demographic History
2.11c Social Customs and Institutions
2.12c Cultural History
2.13 General Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
Gazetteer
Bibliography
Chapter 3: Cyprus
Anja Ulbrich
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Sources
3.3 Natural Setting
3.4 Material Culture
3.5 Diplomatic History
3.6 Political History
3.7 Legal History
3.8 Economic History
3.9 Familial/Demographic History
3.10 Social Customs and Institutions
3.11 Religious Customs and Institutions
3.12 Cultural History
3.13 General Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
Gazetteer
Bibliography
Index