Foundation Myths and Politics in Ancient Ionia Mac Sweeney Paperback
Foundation Myths and Politics in Ancient Ionia\n\nConsiders foundation myths in ancient Ionia, exploring issues of identity, ethnicity and the negotiation of cultural differences.\n\nNao\u00EDse Mac Sweeney (Author)\n\n9781108729963, Cambridge University Press\n\nPaperback, published 24 January 2019\n\n253 pages\n24.5 x 18.7 x 1.4 cm, 0.5 kg\n\nThis 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 models of cultural difference which set in contrast East and West, Europe and Asia, Greek and Barbarian, opting instead for a more fluid and nuanced perspective on ethnic and cultural distinctions. The conclusions of this book have far-reaching implic]
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