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AN INVENTORY OF ARCHAIC AND CLASSICAL POLEIS This page intentionally left blank AN INVENTORY OF ARCHAIC AND CLASSICAL POLEIS AnInvestigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation mogens herman hansen and thomas heine nielsen 1 3 Great Clarendon Street,Oxford ox2 6dp Oxford University Press is a department ofthe University ofOxford. Itfurthers the University’s objective ofexcellence in research,scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan South Korea Poland Portugal Singapore Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark ofOxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States byOxford University Press Inc.,New York © Oxford University Press 2004 The moral rights ofthe author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published 2004 All rights reserved.No part ofthis publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted,in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing ofOxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law,or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization.Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope ofthe above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press,at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library ofCongress Cataloging in Publication Data Data available ISBN0–19–814099–1 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Typeset by Hope Services (Abingdon)Ltd. Printed in Great Britain on acid-free paper by Antony Rowe, Chippenham,Wilts. Contents List ofContributors ix Abbreviations and Conventions xi PART I INTRODUCTION A Key to the Inventory 3 The Importance ofthe Polis 12 The Lifespan ofthe Hellenic Polis 16 The Inventory ofPoleis 23 Meaning and Reference ofthe Word Polis 39 Meaning and Reference ofthe Words AstyandPolisma 47 The Concept ofPatris 49 The Number ofPoleis 53 Toponyms as Evidence for PolisIdentity 55 Ethnics as Evidence for PolisIdentity 58 Territoryand Size ofTerritory 70 PolisversusChora—The Settlement Pattern 74 Types ofConstitution 80 A Typology ofDependent Poleis 87 Civic Subdivisions 95 Proxenoias Evidence for PolisIdentity 98 Theorodokoias Evidence for PolisIdentity 103 Victors in Panhellenic Games as Evidence for PolisIdentity 107 The Delian League 111 The Emergence ofPoleisby Synoikismos 115 Destruction and Disappearance ofPoleis 120 Stasisas an Essential Aspect ofthe Polis 124 ThePolisas a Religious Organisation 130 City Walls as Evidence for PolisIdentity 135 ThePolisas an Urban Centre 138 Coins as Evidence for PolisIdentity 144 Colonies and Indigenous Hellenised Communities 150 PART II INVENTORY OF POLEIS Spain and France (including Corsica) 157 adolfo j. domínguez Sikelia 172 tobias fischer-hansen, thomas heine nielsen, carmine ampolo Italia and Kampania 249 tobias fischer-hansen, thomas heine nielsen, carmine ampolo contents vi The Adriatic 321 john wilkes, tobias fischer-hansen Epeiros 338 peter funke, nikola moustakis, barbara hochschulz Akarnania and Adjacent Areas 351 hans-joachim gehrke, eckhard wirbelauer Aitolia 379 klaus freitag, peter funke, nikola moustakis West Lokris 391 denis rousset Phokis 399 jacques oulhen Boiotia 431 mogens herman hansen Megaris,Korinthia,Sikyonia 462 ronald p. legon Achaia 472 catherine morgan, jonathan m. hall Elis 489 james roy Arkadia 505 thomas heine nielsen Triphylia 540 thomas heine nielsen Messenia 547 graham shipley Lakedaimon 569 graham shipley Argolis 599 marcel piérart The Saronic Gulf 620 thomas j. figueira Attika 624 mogens herman hansen Euboia 643 karl reber, mogens herman hansen, pierre ducrey East Lokris 664 thomas heine nielsen Doris 674 denis rousset Thessalia and Adjacent Regions 676 jean-claude decourt, thomas heine nielsen, bruno helly ETAL. The Aegean 732 gary reger contents vii Makedonia 794 miltiades hatzopoulos, paschalis paschidis Thrace from Axios to Strymon 810 pernille flensted-jensen Thrace from Strymon to Nestos 854 louisa loukopoulou Thrace from Nestos to Hebros 870 louisa loukopoulou Inland Thrace 885 zofia halina archibald Thracian Chersonesos 900 louisa loukopoulou Propontic Thrace 912 louisa loukopoulou, adam laitar The Black Sea Area 924 alexandru avram, john hind, gocha tsetskhladze The Propontic Coast ofAsia Minor 974 alexandru avram Troas 1000 stephen mitchell Lesbos 1018 mogens herman hansen, nigel spencer, hector williams Aiolis and South-western Mysia 1033 lene rubinstein Ionia 1053 lene rubinstein Karia 1108 pernille flensted-jensen Lykia 1138 anthony g. keen, mogens herman hansen Crete 1144 paula perlman Rhodos 1196 thomas heine nielsen, vincent gabrielsen The South Coast ofAsia Minor (Pamphylia,Kilikia) 1211 antony g. keen, tobias fischer-hansen Cyprus 1223 franz georg maier From Syria to the Pillars ofHerakles 1233 michel austin Unlocated 1250 mogens herman hansen contents viii PART III INDICES 1. Toponyms and City-Ethnics in Numerical Order 1253 2. Toponyms and City-Ethnics in Alphabetical Order 1264 3. Toponyms and City-Ethnics in Greek 1276 4. Non-PolisSettlements 1290 5. Polities Called Polis 1298 6. Polities Called AstyandPolisma 1307 7. Polities Called Patris 1308 8. Use ofCity-Ethnic 1310 9. Size ofTerritory 1319 10. Poleisin400versusPoleisno longer or not yet Existing in 400 1328 11. Constitution 1338 12. Decision-Making Institutions 1341 13. Civic Subdivisions 1343 14. Proxenoi 1345 15. Theorodokoi 1348 16. Panhellenic Victors 1350 17. Major Divinities 1352 18. Members ofthe Delian League 1356 19. Stasis 1361 20. Destruction and Disappearance ofPoleis 1363 21. Synoikismos 1365 22. Grid-PlannedPoleis 1367 23. City Walls 1368 24. Political Architecture 1376 25. Temples,Theatres,Stoas,Gymnasia,Stadia,Hippodromes 1378 26. Coins 1382 27. Colonisation and Hellenisation 1390 Contributors Prof. Carmine Ampolo Storia del mondo antico,Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa Dr. Zofia Archibald Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Liverpool Dr. Michel Austin Department ofAncient History,University ofSt.Andrews Prof. Alexandru Avram Langues et sciences humaines,Université du Maine Dr. Richard Bouchon Maison de l’Orient méditerranéen,Université Lumière Lyon 2 Dr. Laurence Darmezin Maison de l’Orient méditerranéen,Université Lumière Lyon 2 Dr. Jean-Claude Decourt Maison de l’Orient méditerranéen, Université Lumière Lyon 2 Prof. A.J.Domínguez Departamento de Historia Antigua,Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Prof.Pierre Ducrey L’Université de Lausanne,Switzerland. Prof. Thomas Figueira Department ofClassics,Rutgers University,New Brunswick,NJ Tobias Fischer-Hansen, M.A. The Copenhagen Polis Centre Dr. Pernille Flensted-Jensen The Copenhagen Polis Centre Dr. Klaus Freitag Seminar für Alte Geschichte,Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster Prof. Dr.Peter Funke Seminar für Alte Geschichte,Westfälische Wilhelms- Universität,Münster Prof. Vincent Gabrielsen Historisk Institut,Københavns Universitet Prof. Dr.Hans-Joachim Gehrke Seminar für Alte Geschichte,Albert-Ludwigs- Universität,Freiburg Dr. Alan Greaves Department ofAncient History,University ofLeeds Prof. Jonathan M.Hall Department ofHistory,University ofChicago Dr. Mogens Herman Hansen The Copenhagen Polis Centre Prof. Miltiades Hatzopoulos Ethniko Idryma Ereynon,Athens Prof. Bruno Helly Maison de l’Orient méditerranéen,Université Lumière Lyon 2 Dr. John Hind School ofHistory,University ofLeeds Dr. Barbara Hochschulz Seminar für Alte Geschichte,Westfälische Wilhelms- Universität,Münster Dr. Antony G.Keen Department ofClassics,Royal Holloway College,University of London Dr. AdamL⁄ aitar Department ofPapyrology,Warsaw University Prof. Ronald P.Legon Department ofHistory,University ofBaltimore,Md. Prof. Louisa Loukopoulou Ethniko Idryma Ereynon,Athens Dr. Gérard Lucas Maison de l’Orient méditerranéen,Université Lumière Lyon 2 Prof. Dr.Franz Georg Maier Forschungsprojekt Paphos,Universität Zürich Prof. Stephen Mitchell Department of Classics and Ancient History,University of Wales,Swansea Dr. Catherine Morgan Department of Archaeology, King’s College, University of London

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This is the first lexicon of all identifiable Greek city states of the Archaic and Classical periods (c.650-325 BC). During this time, the eastern Mediterranean was dominated by Greeks who shared an identity based on language, religion, and traditions; however, the Greek world was divided politicall
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