Makaira Thessalia

Thessaly was a region of great importance in the ancient Greek world, possessing both agricultural abundance and a strategic position between north and south. It presents historians with the challenge of seeing beyond traditional stereotypes (wealth and witches, horses and hospitality) that have col...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Aston, Emma (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Liverpool University Press 2024
Edición:First edition
Colección:Liverpool studies in ancient history.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of illustrations
  • Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1 Thessaly and the ethnos in Archaic central Greece
  • 2 Thessaly and Archaic epic
  • 3 The creation of Thessaly in the late Archaic and early Classical period: myths of origin and arrival
  • 4 The creation of Thessaly in cult
  • 5 Political co-operation in Thessaly from the sixth to the fourth century
  • 6 Thessaly moves to the margins
  • 7 Re-creations of Thessaly in the early Hellenistic period
  • Concluding remarks
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Index.