Archaic Eretria

Taylor & Francis

Archaic EretriaA Political and Social History from the Earliest Times to 490 BC\nAuthor(s): Keith G. Walker\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415285520, 978-0415285520\nSynopsis\nThis book presents for the first time a history of Eretria during the Archaic Era, the city's most notable period of political importance and Keith Walker examines all the major elements of the city's success.\n\nOne of the key factors explored is Eretria's role as a pioneer coloniser in both the Levant and the West - its early Aegaen 'island empire' anticipates that of Athens by more than a century, and Eretrian shipping and trade was similarly widespread.\n\nEretria's major, indeed dominant, role in the events of central Greece in the last half of the sixth century, and in the events of the Ionian Revolt to 490 is clearly demonstrated, and the tyranny of Diagoras (c.[tel], perhaps the golden age of the city, is fully examined.\n\nFull d.