The Politics of Identity in Greek Sicily and Southern Italy

The Politics of Identity in Greek Sicily and Southern Italy / Mark R. Thatcher.

This analysis of the relationship between collective identities and politics in ancient Greece focuses on four key types of identity -- polis identity, ethnicity (e.g., Dorian or Achaean), regional, and Greek -- and places these multiple and flexible self-perceptions at the center of a new account o...

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Main Author: Thatcher, Mark R. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Series:Greeks overseas.
Subjects:
Greeks > Italy, Southern > Ethnic identity.
Greeks > Italy > Sicily > Ethnic identity.
Civilization
Greeks > Ethnic identity
Magna Graecia (Italy) > Civilization.
Italy > Magna Graecia
Italy > Sicily
Southern Italy
Magna Graecia (Italy) > Politics and government.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Scope of Research
  • Theorizing Identity
  • A Typology of Identities
  • Seeking Identities in Antiquity
  • 2. Becoming Achaean in Italy
  • The First Achaeans
  • Croton: Athletes and Heroes
  • Metapontion: Insiders and Outsiders
  • Conclusion
  • 3. Syracusan Tyranny and Identity Politics
  • The Tyrant's House and Syracusan Identities
  • Greeks and Barbarians
  • Responses to Tyranny
  • Conclusion
  • 4. Ruling Grain-​Rich Sicily
  • Myth and Cult
  • Sicilian Politics
  • Conclusion
  • 5. Shifting Identities in Thucydides's Sicily
  • Kinship Diplomacy
  • Camarina's Polis Identity
  • Rhetoric and Identity
  • Conclusion
  • 6. Continuity and Change in the Third Century
  • Greeks and Barbarians in Southern Italy
  • Being Syracusan in the Third Century
  • Conclusion

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