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Archaic and Classical Greek Sicily greeks overseas Series Editors Carla Antonaccio and Nino Luraghi This series presents a forum for new interpretations of Greek settlement in the ancient Mediterranean in its cultural and political aspects. Focusing on the period from the Iron Age until the advent of Alexander, it seeks to undermine the divide between colonial and metropolitan Greeks. It welcomes new scholarly work from archaeological, historical, and literary perspectives, and invites interventions on the history of scholarship about the Greeks in the Mediterranean. A Small Greek World Networks in the Ancient Mediterranean Irad Malkin Italy’s Lost Greece Magna Graecia and the Making of Modern Archaeology Giovanna Ceserani The Invention of Greek Ethnography From Homer to Herodotus Joseph E. Skinner Pindar and the Construction of Syracusan Monarchy in the Fifth Century B.C. Kathryn A. Morgan The Poetics of Victory in the Greek West Epinician, Oral Tradition, and the Deinomenid Empire Nigel Nicholson Archaic and Classical Greek Sicily A Social and Economic History Franco De Angelis Archaic and Classical Greek Sicily A Social and Economic History z FRANCO DE ANGELIS 1 1 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide.Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America. © Oxford University Press 2016 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: De Angelis, Franco, author. Title: Archaic and classical Greek Sicily : a social and economic history / Franco De Angelis. Description: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016. | Series: Greeks overseas | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2015030331| ISBN 978–0–19–517047–4 (hardback : alkaline paper) | ISBN 978–0–19–972155–9 (e-book) | ISBN 978–0–19–046533–9 (online) Subjects: LCSH: Sicily (Italy)—History—To 800. | Greeks—Italy—Sicily—History. | BISAC: HISTORY / Ancient / Greece. Classification: LCC DG55.S5 D38 2016 | DDC 937/.802—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015030331 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed by Sheridan, USA Contents List of Figures  vii List of Tables  xi List of Maps  xiii Acknowledgments  xv Abbreviations: Bibliographic  xvii Abbreviations: Chronological  xix Introduction  1 1. The Geographical and Historical Setting  28 2. Settlement and Territory  62 3. Societies  134 4. Economics  222 Conclusions  319 References  329 Index  419 List of Figures 1 Monte Maranfusa: A Typical Native Hilltop Settlement in the Interior of Western Sicily.  44 2 Calascibetta: A Typical Native Cemetery of Rock- cut Tombs in Eastern Central Sicily.  45 3 Phoenician Scarab Found at Native Site at Monte Polizzo, Western Sicily.  52 4 Imported East Greek Cup Found at Native Site at Monte Polizzo, Western Sicily.  52 5 Unworked Red Deer Antler Found at Native Site at Monte Polizzo, Western Sicily.  54 6 Worked Red Deer Antler Found at Native Site at Monte Polizzo, Western Sicily.  54 7 View of Plain between Leontinoi and Megara Hyblaia.  70 8 View of Coastal Plain between Megara Hyblaia and Syracuse.  70 9 View of the Plain of Gela Planted with Grain.  72 10 View of Coastal Topography around Himera.  72 11 View of Plain behind Selinous.  74 12 View of Salso River Valley Planted with Grain to East of Akragas.  74 13 View of Eighth- century House at Megara Hyblaia, with Second Room Added in Seventh- century Renovation.  87 14 View of Sanctuary of Athena at Himera.  90 15 View of Temple E3 at Selinous.  91 16 View of Archaic City Wall of Naxos.  94 17 View of a Telamon to Olympieion at Akragas.  107 18 View of Temple of Concordia at Akragas.  116 viii List of Figures 19 View of Epipolae Fortifications at Syracuse.  125 20 View of Capo Soprano Fortifications at Gela.  132 21 View of Monumental Tomb at Megara Hyblaia.  156 22 View of Early Syracusan Tetradrachm Showing Charioteer on Obverse.  158 23 View of Didrachm Depicting Rooster and Crab Minted at Himera during Akragantine Occupation.  191 24 View of Metope Depicting Artemis and Aktaion from Temple E3 at Selinous.  200 25 Statue Base for Eukleides, Possibly the Oikist, from Himera. 203 26 View of Naxian Drachm Showing Bunch of Grapes on Reverse.  235 27 View of Grazing Sheep in Eastern Central Sicily.  237 28 View of Wild Boar in Monti Peloritani.  240 29 Iato K480 Cup Produced in Himera.  244 30 View of Antefix from Himera.  246 31 View of Greek- style Statue (of Demeter?) from Terravecchia di Cuti.  247 32 View of Sea- salt Production near Motya.  251 33 View of Imported Native Sicilian Transport Amphorae from Himera.  260 34 View of Tetradrachm from Gela with Forepart of Man- faced Bull on Reverse.  273 35 View of Syracusan Tetradrachm Depicting Head of Arethusa and Dolphins Minted under the Deinomenids.  276 36 View of Olive Grove near Poggioreale in Central Western Sicily.  286 37 View of Vine Intercropped in the Background with Olive Trees near Poggioreale in Central Western Sicily.  286 38 View of Sculpted Head of Demeter from Akragas.  293 39 View of Cast Three- unica Bronze Cone from Akragas.  298 40 View of Cast Three- unica Bronze Coin from Himera.  298 41 View of Gold Coin Minted by Dionysius I.  299 List of Figures ix 42 View of Reconstructed Model of the Iurato Farmstead at Kamarina (note tombs in lower left corner).  307 43 RF Vase with Scene of Tuna Butchering from Lipari.  309 44 View of Freshly Caught Silver Scabbard Fish in Waters off Northern Sicily.  310

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