Classical Studies 3904G Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ischia, Euboea, Gulf Of Naples

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 3904G
• Professor: Beth Greene

Document Summary

The bay of naples in the pre-roman period. Easier to get to the places by ship. Trade with the main polis and foreign people. There are a lot of metal resources in the region. Opening markets to sell goods to the indigenous peoples that are living there. Greek polis to colonize when the polis became to larger. The first greek colony in the west. Established in the early mid 8th century bce. Pithekoussai = island of monkees or a reference to the rich local clay resources: perhaps a reference to wild character of far-flung location. Latin aenaria connected with beach head of aeneas. Colonists came from euboia: eretria and calchis. But the site did not reference its mother city, rather is was more of an open colony for trade and economic endeavors. Evidence for various peoples: phoenicians (semitic inscriptions found), Etruscans, italians from s. italy (apulians, campanians, etc. ) Compares to al mina in north syria.