Foundation Myths and Politics in Ancient Ionia

by Naoise Mac Sweeney and Naoíse Mac Sweeney

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108729967
• ISBN13: 9781108729963
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.4" x 9.7"