Early Lesbos between East and West: A 'Grey Area' of Aegean Archaeology
Nigel Spencer
Many previous studies of early Lesbos have tended to emphasize the famous historical figures—Alkaios, Sappho, and Pittakos—and the events surrounding them that are known from literary sources; there has been much less discussion of archaeology, and this has led to a one-dimensional picture. The sources have tended to encourage an emphasis on features of the island's archaic history which are traditionally thought of as ‘Greek’, and the true context of early civilization in the island, which had strong links to Anatolia and the east, has largely been ignored. This paper corrects the imbalance, acknowledging more fully the eastern links in the island's culture from the Bronze Age to the Archaic period and indicating that during this period Lesbos was as much an extension of Anatolia as a ‘Greek’ island.
კატეგორია:
წელი:
1995
გამომცემლობა:
Cambridge University Press
ენა:
english
გვერდები:
40
სერია:
The Annual of the British School at Athens 90
ფაილი:
PDF, 5.56 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 1995