LEADER 03446nam 22004935u 450 001 9910800148503321 005 20240212174716.0 010 $a1-78962-427-4 024 7 $a10.3828/9781789621242 035 $a(CKB)5450000000010375 035 $a(Liverpool University Press)10.3828/9781789621242 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30462719 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30462719 035 $a(EXLCZ)995450000000010375 100 $a20230906c2022uuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mam|a 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMakaira Thessalia 205 $aFirst edition. 210 $cLiverpool University Press$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (496 pages) 225 1 $aLiverpool Studies in Ancient History Series. 311 $a1-83553-001-X 311 $a1-78962-124-0 327 $aCover -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Thessaly and the ethnos in Archaic central Greece -- 2 Thessaly and Archaic epic -- 3 The creation of Thessaly in the late Archaic and early Classical period: myths of origin and arrival -- 4 The creation of Thessaly in cult -- 5 Political co-operation in Thessaly from the sixth to the fourth century -- 6 Thessaly moves to the margins -- 7 Re-creations of Thessaly in the early Hellenistic period -- Concluding remarks -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aThessaly was a region of great importance in the ancient Greek world, possessing both agricultural abundance and a strategic position between north and south. It presents historians with the challenge of seeing beyond traditional stereotypes (wealth and witches, horses and hospitality) that have coloured perceptions of its people from antiquity to the present day. It also presents a complex and illuminating interaction between polis and ethnos identity. In daily life, most Thessalians primarily operated within, and identified with, their specific polis; at the same time, the regional dimension - being Thessalian - was rarely out of sight for long. It manifested itself in stories told, in deities worshipped, in modes of political co-operation, in language, rituals, sites and objects.Chapter by chapter, this book follows the emergence, development and adaptation of Thessalian regional identity from the Archaic period to the early second century BC. In so doing, rather than rejecting ancient stereotypes as a mere inconvenience for the historian, it considers the constant dialogue between Thessalian self-presentation and depictions of the Thessalian character by other Greeks. It also confronts some of the prejudices and assumptions still influencing modern approaches to studying the region. All in all, the reader is invited to see Thessaly not as a region of marginal significance in Greek history, but as occupying a central role in many aspects of ancient cultural and political discourse.An Open Access edition will be available on publication. 410 0$aLiverpool studies in ancient history. 517 $aBlessed Thessaly 610 00$aThessaly 610 00$aancient Greece 610 00$apoleis 610 00$ademocracy 610 00$aethnicity 700 $aAston$b Emma$0612630 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910800148503321 996 $aMakaira Thessalia$93878452 997 $aUNINA