TY - BOOK ID - 64627555 TI - Megarian moments : the local world of an ancient Greek city-state AU - Smith, Philip J. AU - Beck, Hans PY - 2018 SN - 9781770962231 1770962239 PB - Montréal McGill University Library and Archives DB - UniCat KW - Greeks KW - Ethnology KW - Mediterranean race KW - Antiquities KW - Megara Hyblaea (Extinct city) KW - Greece KW - Sicily (Italy) KW - Regione siciliana (Italy) KW - Sikelia (Italy) KW - Sycylia (Italy) KW - Królestwo Sycylii (Italy) KW - Sicilia (Italy) KW - Sicile (Italy) KW - Sicilian Regional Government KW - Sicily KW - Ṣiqillīyah (Italy) KW - Sitsilyah (Italy) KW - Sicily (Italy : Territory under Allied occupation, 1943-1947) KW - Naples (Kingdom) KW - al-Yūnān KW - Ancient Greece KW - Ellada KW - Ellas KW - Ellēnikē Dēmokratia KW - Elliniki Dimokratia KW - Grčija KW - Grèce KW - Grecia KW - Gret︠s︡ii︠a︡ KW - Griechenland KW - Hellada KW - Hellas KW - Hellenic Republic KW - Hellēnikē Dēmokratia KW - Kingdom of Greece KW - République hellénique KW - Royaume de Grèce KW - Vasileion tēs Hellados KW - Xila KW - Yaṿan KW - Yūnān KW - Ελληνική Δημοκρατία KW - Ελλάς KW - Ελλάδα KW - Греция KW - اليونان KW - يونان KW - 希腊 KW - Megara Hyblaea (Ancient city) KW - Megara Hyblaia (Extinct city) KW - Italy KW - Colonies KW - E-books KW - Conferences - Meetings UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:64627555 AB - Situated near the main traffic artery in Central Greece and surrounded by poleis that were more powerful, the ancient city-state of Megara was often a punching bag of others. In neighbouring Athens in particular, the Megarians were subject to all sorts of slander and expressions of chauvinism. The people of Megara, by default, had their own assessment of the world and their role in it. A highway to others, the Megarid, was a rich source of meaning and orientation to its inhabitants. This local backdrop, often misunderstood as petty or irrelevant, constituted a unique local discourse environment. Rather than telling a narrative history of Megara – unravelling its local history, as it were –, this volume delves into the local discourse of this ancient city. The various contributions all shed light on the prevailing identity of place, on what it meant to be from Megara. In doing so, the book unpacks the vibrant local life in a Greek city-state. In their endeavour to break the code of a local discourse and recreate its environment, the editors and authors also invite readers to rethink approximations toward the pluriverse of poleis in Greek Antiquity. -- from website ER -