HIST 2100 Lecture 16: The growing pains of the early polis colonization and tyranny
20 Oct 2017
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The growing pains of the early polis: colonization and tyranny. Some challenges for the studying the history of archaic greece. Lyric poetry for symposium aren"t designed to be historical narrative. Accounts from poets writing from the archaic period. We have localized evidence, but how can we see genera trends difficult. Colony = newly-founded polis. apoikia means home away, or away from home (okios) Main period of colonization was from late 8th century to 6th century. Colonies were all founded outside of existing boundaries of greece. A colony was generally independent of the community from which its members set out. Souther(cid:374) a(cid:374)d (cid:449)ester(cid:374) ital(cid:455) (cid:894)e. g. naples = napoli = (cid:374)eapolis, (cid:858)(cid:374)e(cid:449) (cid:272)it(cid:455)(cid:859)(cid:895) a(cid:374)d si(cid:272)il(cid:455) Spain and france (e. g. marseille = massilia; nice = nikaia; antibes = antipolis). Contrast with trading posts such as al mina (syria) and naukratis (egypt) which were not colonies. What greeks of classical period will say how greeks moved around in the archaic period.
