Hansen The Return of the Polis: The Use and Meanings of the Word Polis in Archaic and Classical Sources

Papers from the Copenhagen Polis Centre, Vol. 8
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-515-11134-8
Verlag: Franz Steiner
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E-Book, Deutsch, Englisch, Band Band 198, 276 Seiten, E-Book-Text

Reihe: Historia – Einzelschriften.

Polis, in plural poleis, is the word the ancient Greeks used to describe their principal type of state and community and the most common of all nouns in ancient Greek. In Archaic and Classical sources there are over 11,000 attestations of the word, and they show that it was used in two different senses: (1) town (sometimes including the hinterland) and (2) state (sometimes including the territory). Often it carries both senses simultaneously and denotes both the state and its urban centre.

The Copenhagen Polis Centre (1993–2005) conducted a number of investigations into the use and meanings of the term polis in all Archaic and Classical sources to find out what the Greeks thought a polis was. The present volume is a thoroughly revised and updated comprehensive publication of all these studies, to which four new studies have been added. They show that the two different meanings of the word polis are connected through their reference: with very few exceptions every polis town was the urban centre of a polis state, and conversely: virtually every polis state had an urban centre called a polis in the sense of town.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hansen, Mogens Herman

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Griechische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;CONVENTIONS;8
2;INTRODUCTION;10
3;WAS EVERY POLIS TOWN THE CENTRE OF A POLIS STATE?;14
3.1;I;14
3.2;II;23
3.3;III;39
3.4;IV;46
3.5;APPENDIX – MULTIPOLATE ISLANDS AND REGIONS;49
4;WAS EVERY POLIS STATE CENTRED ON A POLIS TOWN?;53
4.1;TABLE 1 – URBAN CENTRES OF COMMUNITIES ATTESTED AS POLEIS IN THE POLITICAL SENSE;58
4.2;TABLE 2 – URBAN CENTRES OF COMMUNITIES NOT ATTESTED AS POLEIS IN THE POLITICAL SENSE BUT WITH A MINT;65
5;POLIS USED IN THE SENSE OF HINTERLAND OR TERRITORY;68
6;INSCRIPTIONS;74
6.1;APPENDIX – ATTESTATIONS OF POLIS USED IN THE POLITICAL SENSE;83
7;HEKATAIOS;93
8;HERODOTOS;105
8.1;LIST OF POLEIS;108
8.2;APPENDIX 1 – ATTESTATIONS OF POLIS USED IN THE POLITICAL SENSE;130
8.3;APPENDIX 2 – BARBARIAN POLEIS;133
9;THUCYDIDES;136
9.1;LIST OF POLEIS;138
9.2;APPENDIX – ATTESTATIONS OF POLIS USED IN THE POLITICAL Sense;152
10;XENOPHON;157
10.1;1. Anabasis;157
10.1.1;LIST OF POLEIS;158
10.1.2;APPENDIX 1 – ATTESTATIONS OF POLIS USED IN THE POLITICAL SENSE;160
10.1.3;APPENDIX 2 – BARBARIAN POLEIS;160
10.2;2. Hellenika;161
10.2.1;LIST OF POLEIS;164
10.2.2;APPENDIX – ATTESTATIONS OF POLIS USED IN THE POLITICAL SENSE;172
10.3;3. Other Works;173
10.3.1;LIST OF POLEIS;174
10.3.2;APPENDIX – ATTESTATIONS OF POLIS USED IN THE POLITICAL SENSE;175
11;FRAGMENTS OF HISTORIANS;176
11.1;1. Ephoros;177
11.2;2. Theopompos;178
11.3;3. The Hellenica Oxyrhynchia;181
11.4;4. Minor historians;183
11.5;5. Pherekydes and Hellanikos;185
11.5.1;(a) Pherekydes;185
11.5.2;(b) Hellanikos;187
11.6;APPENDIX – POLIS AND POLITAI IN PALAIPHATOS;190
12;THE ATTIC ORATORS;193
12.1;1. Demosthenes;193
12.2;2. Isokrates;198
12.3;3. The Other Orators;200
12.4;APPENDIX – ATTESTATIONS OF POLIS USED BY THE ORATORS IN THE POLITICAL SENSE ABOUT POLEIS OTHER THAN ATHENS;202
13;PSEUDO-SKYLAX;205
13.1;1. Date;205
13.2;2. Composition;206
13.3;3. Subdivision into Chapters and Headings of Chapters;207
13.4;4. Terminology and Site-Classification;208
13.5;5. List of Sites Classified by Pseudo-Skylax;212
13.6;6. Pseudo-Skylax’s Use of the Term Polis;215
13.7;7. The Periplous West of Hellas (1–33);216
13.8;8. The Periplous of Hellas (34–65);217
13.9;9. The Periplous North, East and South of Hellas (66–112);219
13.10;10. Conclusion;223
13.11;LIST OF POLEIS;224
13.11.1;A. The Regions West of Hellas 1–33;224
13.11.2;B. Hellas 34–65;225
13.11.3;C. The Regions North, East and South of Hellas 66–112;231
13.12;APPENDIX 1 – TOPONYMS LISTED UNDER THE HEADING .....S (........S) ....;239
13.13;APPENDIX 2 – LIST OF BARBARIAN POLEIS;240
14;AINEIAS THE TACTICIAN;244
14.1;LIST OF POLEIS;244
14.2;APPENDIX – ATTESTATIONS OF POLIS USED IN THE POLITICAL SENSE;246
15;PHILOSOPHERS;247
15.1;LIST OF POLEIS;248
15.1.1;1. Presocratic Philosophers;248
15.1.2;2. Plato;249
15.1.3;3. Aristoteles;249
15.1.4;4. Theophrastos;250
15.2;APPENDIX – ATTESTATIONS OF POLIS USED IN THE POLITICAL SENSE;251
15.2.1;1. Presocratic Philosophers;251
15.2.2;2. Platon;251
15.2.3;3. Aristoteles;251
15.2.4;4. Theophrastos;253
16;POETS;254
16.1;LIST OF POLEIS;256
16.2;APPENDIX – ATTESTATIONS OF POLIS USED IN THE POLITICAL SENSE;259
17;INDEX OF GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES;261