L’origine contesa delle città licie occidentali: dal mito alla colonia

The Xanthos Valley is one of the best examples of multiculturalism and coexistence of different cultural influences of Greeks and Persians. On the one hand, in fact, there was an attempt to incorporate the region into the sacred Greek history, by creating genealogies and mythical ties (as well evide...

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Main Author: Simone Podestà
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Language:deu
Published: LED Edizioni Universitarie 2018-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.ledonline.it/index.php/Erga-Logoi/article/view/1230
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spelling doaj-7486d330891749329ebeace8bfbcc8b42020-11-25T03:32:39ZdeuLED Edizioni Universitarie Erga-Logoi2280-96782282-32122018-01-0152618010.7358/erga-2017-002-pode961L’origine contesa delle città licie occidentali: dal mito alla coloniaSimone Podestà0Università degli Studi di GenovaThe Xanthos Valley is one of the best examples of multiculturalism and coexistence of different cultural influences of Greeks and Persians. On the one hand, in fact, there was an attempt to incorporate the region into the sacred Greek history, by creating genealogies and mythical ties (as well evidenced by literary works, such as those of the epic writer Panyassis and the local historian Policharmus); from other hand, the political propaganda carried out by Xanthos sovereigns during the fifth and fourth centuries BC clearly confirmed the local origin of Lycians and their relations with the Achaemenid world. The analysis of some local inscriptions and of the work of Menecrates of Xanthos allows to show a culture in which Greek elements are mixed with Anatolian or oriental elements.https://www.ledonline.it/index.php/Erga-Logoi/article/view/1230epigrafia grecaetnicitàliciamenecrate di xantomondo persianomulticulturalismo, storiografia frammentariaxantoethnicityfragmentary historiography, greek epigraphylyciamenecrates of xanthosmulticulturalismpersian world
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L’origine contesa delle città licie occidentali: dal mito alla colonia
Erga-Logoi
epigrafia greca
etnicità
licia
menecrate di xanto
mondo persiano
multiculturalismo, storiografia frammentaria
xanto
ethnicity
fragmentary historiography, greek epigraphy
lycia
menecrates of xanthos
multiculturalism
persian world
author_facet Simone Podestà
author_sort Simone Podestà
title L’origine contesa delle città licie occidentali: dal mito alla colonia
title_short L’origine contesa delle città licie occidentali: dal mito alla colonia
title_full L’origine contesa delle città licie occidentali: dal mito alla colonia
title_fullStr L’origine contesa delle città licie occidentali: dal mito alla colonia
title_full_unstemmed L’origine contesa delle città licie occidentali: dal mito alla colonia
title_sort l’origine contesa delle città licie occidentali: dal mito alla colonia
publisher LED Edizioni Universitarie
series Erga-Logoi
issn 2280-9678
2282-3212
publishDate 2018-01-01
description The Xanthos Valley is one of the best examples of multiculturalism and coexistence of different cultural influences of Greeks and Persians. On the one hand, in fact, there was an attempt to incorporate the region into the sacred Greek history, by creating genealogies and mythical ties (as well evidenced by literary works, such as those of the epic writer Panyassis and the local historian Policharmus); from other hand, the political propaganda carried out by Xanthos sovereigns during the fifth and fourth centuries BC clearly confirmed the local origin of Lycians and their relations with the Achaemenid world. The analysis of some local inscriptions and of the work of Menecrates of Xanthos allows to show a culture in which Greek elements are mixed with Anatolian or oriental elements.
topic epigrafia greca
etnicità
licia
menecrate di xanto
mondo persiano
multiculturalismo, storiografia frammentaria
xanto
ethnicity
fragmentary historiography, greek epigraphy
lycia
menecrates of xanthos
multiculturalism
persian world
url https://www.ledonline.it/index.php/Erga-Logoi/article/view/1230
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