Constantakopoulou, Christy (2012) Identity and resistance: the islanders' league, the Aegean islands and the Hellenistic kings. Mediterranean Historical Review 27 (1), pp. 51-72. ISSN 0951-8967.
Abstract
This article explores the Islanders' League (koinon ton nesioton) of the late fourth and third centuries (BCE). Through an examination of the epigraphic evidence (primarily the Nicouria inscription IG XII.7 506), I suggest that, rather than interpreting this League as a top-down imposition on the world of the South Aegean islanders by the Hellenistic kings (first Antigonos and Demetrios, and then the Ptolemies), we should view the League as an expression of and contributor to a strong regional island identity. During the late fourth and third centuries, the League changed patronage; I argue that it was not the specific identity of the patrons that mattered, but rather the complex negotiation of power relations and identity in the region.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Aegean Sea, Islanders' League, Delos, insularity, identity |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Historical Studies |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 20 May 2013 10:51 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:04 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/6885 |
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