Synopses & Reviews
Preaching Bondage introduces and investigates the novel concept of doulology, the discourse of slavery, in the homilies of John Chrysostom, the late fourth-century priest and bishop. Chris L. de Wet examines the dynamics of enslavement in Chrysostoms theology, virtue ethics, and biblical interpretation and shows that human bondage as a metaphorical and theological construct had a profound effect on the lives of institutional slaves. The highly corporeal and gendered discourse associated with slavery was necessarily central in Chrysostoms discussions of the household, property, education, discipline, and sexuality. De Wet explores the impact of doulology in these contexts and disseminates the results in a new and highly anticipated language, bringing to light the more pervasive fissures between ancient Roman slaveholding and early Christianity. The corpus of Chrysostoms public addresses provides much of the literary evidence for slavery in the fourth century, and De Wets convincing analysis is a groundbreaking contribution to studies of the social world in late antiquity.
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"Offers a wealth of useful, hardly accessible information and interesting insights into the workings of Greek federal states . . . recommended not only to classicists and ancient historians, but also to students of politics."
Synopsis
In the ancient Greece of Pericles and Plato, the polis, or city-state, reigned supreme, but by the time of Alexander, nearly half of the mainland Greek city-states had surrendered part of their autonomy to join the larger political entities called koina. In the first book in fifty years to tackle the rise of these so-called Greek federal states, Emily Mackil charts a complex, fascinating map of how shared religious practices and long-standing economic interactions faciliated political cooperation and the emergence of a new kind of state. Mackil provides a detailed historical narrative spanning five centuries to contextualize her analyses, which focus on the three best-attested areas of mainland Greeceand#151;Boiotia, Achaia, and Aitolia. The analysis is supported by a dossier of Greek inscriptions, each text accompanied by an English translation and commentary.
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"Well-informed and beautifully written,
Creating a Common Polity represents a turning point in our approach to the political and economic life of the ancient world. It should attract readers far beyond the field of classics, particularly political scientists, who will find in this volume a mine of new data and analyses to conceptualize the formation of federal states."
Alain Bresson, author of L'and#233;conomie de la Grand#232;ce des citand#233;s
"This is an excellent and very important study. Mackil is one of the most thorough, brilliant and accomplished Greek historians of her generation, and the book will be a ground-breaker."
Jeremy McInerney, author of The Cattle of the Sun
Synopsis
This is the third volume of Getzel Cohenand#8217;s important work on the Hellenistic settlements in the ancient world. Through the conquests of Alexander the Great, his successors and others, Greek and Macedonian culture spread deep into Asia, with colonists settling as far away as Bactria and India. In this book, Cohen provides historical narratives, detailed references, citations, and commentaries on all the Graeco-Macedonian settlements founded (or refounded) in the East. Organized geographically, Cohen pulls together discoveries and debates from dozens of widely scattered archaeological and epigraphic projects, making a distinct contribution to ongoing questions and opening new avenues of inquiry.
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Praise for the author's previous volumes on the Hellenistic settlements:
"A major piece of scholarship. It will be constantly consulted and will take a place among the leading reference works available to the growing number of scholars and students now working on the Hellenistic age."and#151;American Journal of Archaeology
"An important work for professional classicists and historians interested in Hellenistic cities, city founding, and political history. Indeed, [it] will become the standard reference work on Hellenistic city foundations."and#151;History
"A monumental compendium. . . . [It] will become a standard reference work for the next generation of Hellenistic historians; it can also serve as a model for the distillation and presentation of a massive, scattered, and difficult body of evidence and scholarship on one of the most difficult, but surely most important, aspects of Hellenistic civilization."and#151;Bryn Mawr Clasical Review
Synopsis
Adding unprecedented depth to analysis of the ancient rhetoric of slavery, Chris de Wet develops a coherent and convincing argument about the biopolitics of ancient slavery through the thought of one major Christian thinker.
Preaching Bondage will prove to be a generative work of scholarship, and not only for those concerned with the fourth century. Flat out, there are no comparable works.”Jennifer Glancy, Professor of Religious Studies at Le Moyne College and author of
Slavery in Early Christianity and Corporal Knowledge: Early Christian Bodies Preaching Bondage is the first accessible, book-length study of John Chrysostoms thoughts on slavery. While slavery in the ancient world has been a topic of scholarly interest for some time, its late antique version has been less addressed. De Wets study is very welcome and will fill a real need. The work positively bristles with fascinating connections and intriguing insights.”Blake Leyerle, Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame
About the Author
Getzel M. Cohen is Professor of Classics and Director of the Tytus Visiting Scholars Program at the University of Cincinnati. He is also Director of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies. Among his other works, he is the author of The Hellenistic Settlements in Europe, the Islands and Asia Minor and The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin and North Africa (both UC Press).
Table of Contents
Preface
The Sources
Mesopotamia
Bactria and India
An Overview
Armenia
Mesopotamia and the Gulf Region
Assyria and Apolloniatis
The Iranian Plateau
Bactria
India
I. Armenia
Arsamosata
Artaxata
Artemita
Epiphaneia on the Tigris
Nicea Nialia
Nikopolis
Philadelpheia
Tigranokerta
II. Northern Mesopotamia
Alagma
Alexandreia in Mesopotamia
Alexandreia in Mygdonia
Amida
Anthemousias Charax Sidou
Antioch Arabis
Antioch in Mygdonia
Apameia on the Euphrates
Dara/Dora
Diospage
Edessa/Antioch on the Kallirhoe
Ichnai
Kallinikon
Karrhai
Kirkesion
Makedonoupolis
Nikatoris
Nikephorion Constantina/Constantia
Nikephorion (Raqqah)
Polyteleia
Selok
Stratonikeia
Zenodotion
III. Assyria and Apolloniatis/Sittakene
Alexandreia Arbela
Alexandreia in Assyria
Antioch
Apameia
Apollonia
Artemita
Atousia
Beth Nikator/Nikator Station
Chala
Demetrias
Diadochoupolis
Karka de Beth Selok
Ktesiphon
Laodikeia
Natounia or Natounisarokerta
Nikator
Selok near Karka Juddan
Sittake
IV. Southern Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf
Alexandreia/Antioch/Spasinou Charax
Alexandreia near Babylon
[Alexandreia] near the Pallakopas
Alexandreia on the Tigris
Alexandrou Nesos Arakia
Altars of Alexander
Antioch in Persis
Antioch on the Ishtar Canal
Apameia in Mesene
Apameia near the Seleias
Apollonia
Arethousa
Artemita
Babylon
Bahrain
Chalkis
Ikaros
Karrhai
Larisa
Neapolis on the Euphrates
*Nikatoropolis
Portus Macedonum
Seleukeia on the Erythraean Sea
Seleukeia on the Euphrates (Babylonia)
Seleukeia on the Tigris
Seleukeia ??? ???SO?
Trapezous
Uruk
Zetis
V. Elymais, Susiana, Persis, and Carmania
Alexandreia ??? S??S??S
Alexandreia in Carmania
Alexandreia in Susiana
Alexandreia ???S ???S?S
Alexandrou Nesos Arakia
Altars of Alexander
Antioch in Persis
Arbis in Gedrosia
Gabai
Hermoupolis
Ionaka Polis
Laodikeia
Masjid-i Sulaiman
Methone
Portus Macedonum
Seleukeia in Elymais
Seleukeia near the Hedyphon
Seleukeia on the Erythraean Sea
Seleukeia on the Eulaios
Stasis
Tanagra
Tragonike
Zetis
VI. Media, Hyrcania, and Parthia
Achaia in Parthia
Alexandropolis
Apameia
Bisitun
Charax
Charis
Epiphaneia Ekbatana
Eumeneia
Europos Rhagai
Hekatompylos
Herakleia
Kalliope
Kangavar
Karafto
Khurha
Laodikeia in Media
Laodikeia Nihavand
Nisaia (Nigaia)
Settlements Founded by Alexander among the Kossaioi
Sirynx
Soteira
VII. Aria, Sogdiana, Bactria, and Arachosia
Achaia in Aria
Aand#239; Khanoum
Alexandreia/Alexandropolis in Sakastane
Alexandreia/Antioch in Margiana
Alexandreia/Antioch in Scythia
Alexandreia/Antioch Tharmata
Alexandreia Eschate
Alexandreia in Arachosia
Alexandreia in Aria
Alexandreia in Opiane
Alexandreia in Parapamisadai
Alexandreia in Sogdiana
Alexandreia Kapisa
Alexandreia near Baktra
Alexandreia of the Caucasus
Alexandreia on the Tanais
Alexandreia Oxeiana
Alexandreschata in Scythia
Antioch
Arigaion
Artakoana/Artakaena
Demetrias in Arachosia
Demetrias in Sogdiana
Eukratideia
Herakleia/Achais (Achaia)
Iasonion
Kadrusia/um
Kampyr Tepe
Marakanda
Nikaia
Prophthasia
Rhoitia in Bactria
Soteira
Tetragonis
Thera in Sogdiana
VIII. India
Alexanderand#8217;s Harbor
Alexandreia [?] at the Junction of the Akesines and Indus
Alexandreia by Poros
Alexandreia in Makarene
Alexandreia ???? ??? ?????? ??????
Alexandreia of the Oreitai
Alexandreia [?] of the Sogdoi
[Alexandreia] on the Akesines
Alexandreia ???? SO??????S
Alexandreia Rhambakia
Alexandropolis
Antioch Tharmata
Arbis
Asterousia
Barke
Bazira
Boukephala
Byzantion
Charis
Daidala
Demetrias in Sind
Iomousa
Kalliope
Leuke
Massaga
[Chief City of] Musikanos/oi
Nagara Dionysopolis
Nikaia
Nysa
Ora, Massaga, and Bazira
Orobatis
Pantipolis
Patala
Pentapolis
Pushkalavati
Sagala Euthymedia
Salagissa
Taxila
Theophila
Xoana
Xylinepolis
Appendices
I. Founders
II. Settlements in Mesopotamia and Iran Attributed to Alexander
III. Greek and Macedonian Toponyms and Names/Words That (Re)appear in Mesopotamia and Regions Farther East IV. Refoundations and New Foundations
V. Foundations at or near Major Religious Centers
VI. Civic Institutions and Offices
VII. Ethnics and Toponyms
VIII. The Toponymy of the Hellenistic Settlements
IX. Polis Hellenis
X. The Ethnic and#147;Babylonianand#8221;
Abbreviations
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Index
Maps