LEADER 03165nam 22005894a 450 001 9910827542503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-45097-4 010 $a1-134-45098-2 010 $a1-280-01992-1 010 $a9786610019922 010 $a0-203-49108-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203491089 035 $a(CKB)1000000000247866 035 $a(EBL)182380 035 $a(OCoLC)230743512 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000289076 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11207999 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000289076 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10401474 035 $a(PQKB)10972173 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC182380 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL182380 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10098800 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL1992 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000247866 100 $a20030605d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aArchaic Eretria $ea political and social history from the earliest times to 490 BC /$fKeith G. Walker 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (361 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-51853-9 311 $a0-415-28552-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 303-323) and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Documentation and conventions; Acknowledgements; The geography of Euboia and the Eretrias; Prehistory, mythology and cult: the earliest inhabitants of Euboia from the late Neolithic Age to the end of the Mycenaean Age; Old Eretria (Lefkandi) during the Dark Ages and early Iron Age (c. 1050 to c. 750); Eretria from c. 825 to c. 650; Eretria: its history in the wider Greek world during the seventh and early sixth centuries; Eretria: emergent 'great power' of the mid-sixth century; The tyranny of Diagoras (c. 538 509) 327 $aThe Eretrian democracy (c. 509 490)Eretria in the 490s; Epilogue; Chronological tables and notes; Minoan notes; The Kypselidai, Theognis and the low chronology; The source of Strabo's description of the Amarynthos stele (10, 1, 10, c. 448); Corinth in central Greece (519 506); Index locorum; General index; Index of authors 330 $aThis book presents for the first time a history of Eretria during the Archaic Era, the city's most notable period of political importance and Keith Walker examines all the major elements of the city's success.One of the key factors explored is Eretria's role as a pioneer coloniser in both the Levant and the West - its early Aegaen 'island empire' anticipates that of Athens by more than a century, and Eretrian shipping and trade was similarly widespread.Eretria's major, indeed dominant, role in the events of central Greece in the last half of the sixth century, and in the event 607 $aEretria (Extinct city)$xHistory 676 $a938/.4 700 $aWalker$b Keith G.$f1938-$0282596 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827542503321 996 $aArchaic Eretria$9668993 997 $aUNINA