HIST 2100 Lecture 27: The growing pains of the early polis Colonization and Tyranny
24 Dec 2017
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The growing pains of the early polis: colonization and. We have more poetry that is performed in symposium. 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 homeaway, 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. Southern and western italy (cid:894)e. g. naples = napoli = neapolis, (cid:858)new city(cid:859)(cid:895) and sicily. Spain and france (e. g. marseille = massilia; nice = nikaia; antibes = antipolis). While they are speaking greeks they have cultural variations. We have a period of migration and setting up of new city states.
