Foundation Myths and Politics in Ancient Ionia

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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 ...
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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 ...
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  • Formats: pdf
  • ISBN: 9781107454316
  • Publication Date: 21 Nov 2013
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Product language: English
  • Drm Setting: DRM