Myth and Territory in the Spartan Mediterranean

Irad (Tel-Aviv University) Malkin

Cambridge University Press, 2003

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This book discusses Greek attitudes to settlement and territory as articulated through myths and cults. It covers the spectrum from explicit charter myths legitimating conquest, displacement, and settlement, to the 'precedent-setting' and even aetiological myths, rendering new landscapes 'Greek'.

ISBN-13
9780521520249
ISBN-10
052152024X
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2003
Publication date
2003-07-17
Pages
300
Dimensions
155x230x18
Weight
462