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Zusatztext [A] highly coherent and enlightening excavation of the inter-relationship between island realities, island ideologies, and ideas of insularity. Informationen zum Autor Christy Constantakopoulou is Lecturer in Ancient History at Birkbeck College, University of London. Klappentext Christy Constantakopoulou examines the history of the Aegean islands and changing concepts of insularity, with particular emphasis on the fifth century BC. Islands are a prominent feature of the Aegean landscape, and this inevitably created a variety of different (and sometimes contradictory) perceptions of insularity in classical Greek thought. Geographic analysis of insularity emphasizes the interplay between island isolation and island interaction, but the predominance of islands in the Aegean sea made island isolation almost impossible. Rather, island connectivity was an important feature of the history of the Aegean and was expressed on many levels. Constantakopoulou investigates island interaction in two prominent areas, religion and imperial politics, examining both the religious networks located on islands in the ancient Greek world and the impact of imperial politics on the Aegean islands during the fifth century. Zusammenfassung Christy Constantakopoulou examines the history of the Aegean islands and changing concepts of insularity, with particular emphasis on the fifth century BC. Islands are a prominent feature of the Aegean landscape, and this inevitably created a variety of different (and sometimes contradictory) perceptions of insularity in classical Greek thought. Geographic analysis of insularity emphasizes the interplay between island isolation and island interaction, but the predominance of islands in the Aegean sea made island isolation almost impossible. Rather, island connectivity was an important feature of the history of the Aegean and was expressed on many levels. Constantakopoulou investigates island interaction in two prominent areas, religion and imperial politics, examining both the religious networks located on islands in the ancient Greek world and the impact of imperial politics on the Aegean islands during the fifth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: Religious networks in the archaic Aegean 3: The Aegean islands as an imperial network: the fifth century and the Athenian Empire 4: Islands and imperialism 5: The island of Athens 6: The smaller picture: mini island networks 7: Beyond insularity: islands and their peraiai Conclusion ...
