Aegean interactions : Delos and its networks in the third century / Christy Constantakopoulou.

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Constantakopoulou, Christy, 1972- [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/​Created
  • Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
  • ©2017
Description
xvi, 331 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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    The third century BC was a particularly troubled period of ancient Greek history, when the Aegean sea became the main stage for power struggles between various royal circles and dynasties, including the Antigonids and the Ptolemies. This volume addresses the history of interaction in the Aegean world during this time by focusing on the island of Delos, which housed one of its most important regional sanctuaries. It draws on contemporary network theory and approaches to regionalism, as well as thorough investigation of the Delian epigraphic and material evidence, to explore how and to what degree the islands of the southern Aegean formed active networks of political, religious, and cultural interaction. Four case studies examine different types of networks on and around Delos, covering the federal organisation of islands into the so-called 'Islanders' League', the participation of Delian and other agents in the processes of monumentalisation of the Delian landscape, the network of honours of the Delian community, and the social dynamics of dedication through the record of dedicants in the Delian inventories. They reveal not only that these kinds of regional interaction in the southern Aegean were pervasive, but also that they had a significant impact on the creation of a regional identity; one that persisted despite the political changes of the age.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-319) and indexes.
    Contents
    • Introduction: Delos, its Networks, Regionalism, and the Aegean World
    • Delians, the Parasites of the God
    • Delos, its History, and Historiography
    • Networks, Regionalism, and the Economy
    • Aegean Interactions
    • The Politics of Connectivity: A History of the Islanders' League
    • Introduction
    • Evidence, Dates, Structure, Membership
    • Agency, Negotiation of Power, and Expression of Identity
    • Conclusions
    • Building, Investing, and Displaying on Delos: A History of Third- and Second-Century Monumentalization
    • Delian Civic Building Activity
    • Delian Religious Building Activity
    • Private Initiative
    • Royal Investment
    • Conclusions: Monumentalization, Funding, and Control of Space
    • Proxenies, Statues, Crowns: The Delian Network of Honours
    • Introduction: Honours, Publication, and Audience
    • Proxeny Decrees: Format, Language, Familial Relations, Associated Honours, and Proposers
    • The Reasoning for Honours and the Activities of Honorands
    • The Delian Network of Honours
    • Conclusion
    • The Social Dynamics of Dedication: The Delian Inventories of the Third Century BC
    • The Delian Inventories
    • Some Problems
    • Inventories and Ancient History
    • Communities of Worship
    • Methodology
    • Gender Dynamics
    • Individual Dedications Versus Community/Collective Dedications
    • Delians and Non-Delians: The Geography of Distance for the Delian Network of Dedicants
    • Status Dynamics: Elite and Non-elite Dedicants in the Inventories
    • Conclusions.
    ISBN
    • 9780198787273 ((hardcover))
    • 0198787278 ((hardcover))
    LCCN
    2016962805
    OCLC
    981543869
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