Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Note
- Introduction to the Second edition
- Introduction
- 1 The ‘colony of the Dorians’ and the Return of the Herakleidai
- 2 The Homeric king of Sparta: Menelaos in a Spartan Mediterranean
- 3 Spartan colonization in the Aegean and the Peloponnese
- 4 Taras: native hostility, territorial possession, and a new-ancient past
- 5 Foundation and territory: the cults of Apollo Karneios and Zeus Ammon
- 6 Myth and colonial territory: Libya
- 7 Promises unfulfilled: Dorieus between North Africa and Sicily
- 8 Myth and decolonization: Sparta’s colony at Herakleia Trachinia
- Bibliography
- Index
Foreword
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Note
- Introduction to the Second edition
- Introduction
- 1 The ‘colony of the Dorians’ and the Return of the Herakleidai
- 2 The Homeric king of Sparta: Menelaos in a Spartan Mediterranean
- 3 Spartan colonization in the Aegean and the Peloponnese
- 4 Taras: native hostility, territorial possession, and a new-ancient past
- 5 Foundation and territory: the cults of Apollo Karneios and Zeus Ammon
- 6 Myth and colonial territory: Libya
- 7 Promises unfulfilled: Dorieus between North Africa and Sicily
- 8 Myth and decolonization: Sparta’s colony at Herakleia Trachinia
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Myth and Territory in the Spartan Mediterranean , pp. x - xviiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024