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The Politics of Identity in Greek Sicily and Southern Italy (Hardcover)
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The Politics of Identity in Greek Sicily and Southern Italy (Hardcover)
Series: Greeks Overseas
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The Politics of Identity in Greek Sicily and Southern Italy offers
the first sustained analysis of the relationship between collective
identity and politics in the Greek West during the period c.
600-200 BCE. Greeks defined their communities in multiple and
varied ways, including a separate polis identity for each
city-state; sub-Hellenic ethnicities such as Dorian and Ionian;
regional identities; and an overarching sense of Greekness. Mark
Thatcher skillfully untangles the many overlapping strands of these
plural identities and carefully analyzes how they relate to each
other, presenting a compelling new account of the role of identity
in Greek politics. Identity was often created through conflict and
was reshaped as political conditions changed. It created legitimacy
for kings and tyrants, and it contributed to the decision-making
processes of poleis. A series of detailed case studies explore
these points by drawing on a wide variety of source material,
including historiography, epinician poetry, coinage, inscriptions,
religious practices, and material culture. The wide-ranging
analysis covers both Sicily and southern Italy, encompassing cities
such as Syracuse, Camarina, Croton, and Metapontion; ethnic groups
such as the Dorians and Achaeans; and tyrants and politicians from
the Deinomenids and Hermocrates to Pyrrhus and Hieron II. Spanning
the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods, this study is an
essential contribution to the history, societies, cultures, and
identities of Greek Sicily and southern Italy.
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