The Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, Libya, Final Reports, Volume VI
The Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, Libya, Final Reports, Volume VI

Author: T. V. Buttrey

Publisher: UPenn Museum of Archaeology

Published: 1998-01-29

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9780924171482

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Coins, for reasons that do not always make sense, are often treated by field excavators as more reliable chronological indexes than other classes of artifacts. This always makes their discovery a welcome event, especially when they are silver or gold, which tend to survive in the ground in a more recognizable state than their bronze counterparts. The Red Figure pottery does not have quite the same chronological relevance as the coins but does on occasion contribute to the dating of archaeological contexts. Its often high quality and interesting variety of shapes has already generated commentary elsewhere in addition to what is presented here. University Museum Monograph, 97

The Hellenistic West
The Hellenistic West

Author: Jonathan R. W. Prag

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-10-24

Total Pages: 502

ISBN-13: 1107782929

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Although the Hellenistic period has become increasingly popular in research and teaching in recent years, the western Mediterranean is rarely considered part of the 'Hellenistic world'; instead the cities, peoples and kingdoms of the West are usually only discussed insofar as they relate to Rome. This book contends that the rift between the 'Greek East' and the 'Roman West' is more a product of the traditional separation of Roman and Greek history than a reflection of the Hellenistic-period Mediterranean, which was a strongly interconnected cultural and economic zone, with the rising Roman republic just one among many powers in the region, east and west. The contributors argue for a dynamic reading of the economy, politics and history of the central and western Mediterranean beyond Rome, and in doing so problematise the concepts of 'East', 'West' and 'Hellenistic' itself.