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Author:   Mark R. Thatcher (Assistant Professor of the Practice, Department of Classical Studies, Assistant Professor of the Practice, Department of Classical Studies, Boston College)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.617kg
ISBN:  

9780197586440

ISBN 10:   0197586449
Pages:   330
Publication Date:   13 December 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments List of abbreviations List of figures Maps 1. Introduction Scope of research Theorizing identity A typology of identities Seeking identity in antiquity 2. Becoming Achaean in Italy The first Achaeans Croton: athletes and heroes Metapontion: insiders and outsiders Conclusion 3. Syracusan Tyranny and Identity Politics The tyrant's house and Syracusan identities Greeks and barbarians Responses to tyranny Conclusion 4. Ruling Grain-Rich Sicily Myth and cult Sicilian politics Conclusion 5. Shifting Identities in Thucydides' Sicily Kinship diplomacy Camarina's polis identity Rhetoric and identity Conclusion 6. Continuity and Change in the Third Century Greeks and barbarians in southern Italy Being Syracusan in the third century Conclusion Conclusion Bibliography Index

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T. presents a thoughtful analysis of the ways by which shifting communal identities impacted political decisions and how different political contexts in turn caused a change in salience for the polis, regional, sub-Hellenic ethnic and Greek identities held by Sicilian and Italian Greeks. These overlapping identities create a four-fold structure for the study, and one of the strengths of the work is T.'s demonstration of the interconnected and interdependent nature of these four identities. * JESSICA M. ROMNEY, The Classical Review *

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Mark R. Thatcher is Assistant Professor of the Practice, Department of Classical Studies, at Boston College.

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