The Greeks in Iberia and their Mediterranean Context

This volume explores the effects of Greek presence in the Iberian Peninsula, and how this Iberian Greek experience evolved in resonance with its neighbouring region, the Mediterranean West.

Autorentext

Jens A. Krasilnikoff is Associate Professor in Greek and Hellenistic history at the Department of History and Classical Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark. He recently published articles on the rural economy of Classical Greece and co-edited volumes on Greek religion and the cultural history of Alexandria.

Benedict Lowe is Professor of History at the University of North Alabama. He is the author of Roman Iberia: Economy, Society and Empire, and a forthcoming history of Cádiz.

Inhalt

1. Iberia and the Greek World: What Role for the Greeks in Iberia? 2. Exchanges between the Greek World and the Iberian Peninsula from the Eighth to the Fourth Century BC 3. The Merchants of Emporion: Selling (and Being) Greek in the Iberian Market 4. Some Experiential Observations on Trading, Farming and Sharing of Place in 6th to 2nd Century BC Emporion 5. Footprints in the Sea: Strabo's and the Greeks in the Levant 6. Iberian Or Greek?: Current Debate on the Coastal Settlement of La Picola (Santa Pola, Alicante) 7. The Greeks and the Bay of Málaga: Five Centuries of Relationships and the Trade in the Phoenician West 8. Images in Motion: Fourth Century BC Athenian Pottery from the Iberian Peninsula: Workshops and Iconography 9. Piracy and the Western Greek Experience 10. Dionysius I of Syracuse and the Spatial Order of Rule By One: The Early 4th Century Syracusan Arché as Cultural Contact Zone and Food System 11. Cultural Memory and Cultural Change in Hellenistic and Roman Magna Graecia 12. Assessing Identities in Culturally Diverse Archaeological Contexts: Funerary Case Studies from Magna Graecia