{"product_id":"myth-and-territory-in-the-spartan-mediterranean-hardback-9781009466080","title":"Myth and Territory in the Spartan Mediterranean (Hardback) 9781009466080","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMyth and Territory in the Spartan Mediterranean\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExamines the use of mythology to justify conquest and colonization across the Spartan Mediterranean in the archaic and Classical periods.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIrad Malkin (Author), Nicholas Purcell (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009466080, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 June 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e334 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 2.3 cm, 0.62 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… it has fallen to Malkin to pin down for the rest of us a large swath of that most enigmatic and elusive thing: the Spartan mind.' P. George\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGreek attitudes to settlement and territory were often articulated through myths and cults. This book emphasizes less the poetic, timeless qualities of the myths than their historical function in the archaic and Classical periods, covering the spectrum from explicit charter myths legitimating conquest, displacement, and settlement to the 'precedent-setting' and even aetiological myths, rendering new landscapes 'Greek'. This spectrum is broadest in the world of Spartan colonization – the Spartan Mediterranean – where the greater challenges to territorial possession and Sparta's acute self-awareness of its relative national youthfulness elicited explicit responses in the form of charter myths. The concept of a Spartan Mediterranean, in contrast to the image of a land-locked Sparta, is a major contribution of this book. This revised edition contains a substantial new Introduction which engages with critical and scholarly developments on Sparta since the original publication.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of maps\u003cbr\u003e Foreword\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Note\u003cbr\u003e Introduction to the second edition\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The 'colony of the Dorians' and the return of the Herakleidai\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Homeric king of Sparta: Menelaos in a Spartan Mediterranean\u003cbr\u003e 3. Spartan colonization in the Aegean and the Peloponnese\u003cbr\u003e 4. Taras: native hostility, territorial possession, and a new-ancient past\u003cbr\u003e 5. Foundation and territory: the cults of Apollo Karneios and Zeus Ammon\u003cbr\u003e 6. Myth and colonial territory: Libya\u003cbr\u003e 7. Promises unfulfilled: Dorieus between North Africa and Sicily\u003cbr\u003e 8. Myth and decolonization: Sparta's colony at Herakleia Trachinia\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Classical history \/ classical civilisation [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Classical history \/ classical civilisation\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Classical%20history%20\/%20classical%20civilisation%20%5BHBLA1%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52414072717592,"sku":"9781009466080","price":80.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009466080i.jpg?v=1784336533","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/myth-and-territory-in-the-spartan-mediterranean-hardback-9781009466080","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}