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Ethnic Identity in Greek Antiquity

01 Jan 1997-
TL;DR: The nature and expression of ethnicity: an anthropological view 3. The discursive dimension of ethnic identity 4. Ethnicity and genealogy: an Argolic case-study as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: 1. Phrasing the problem 2. The nature and expression of ethnicity: an anthropological view 3. The discursive dimension of ethnic identity 4. Ethnography and genealogy: an Argolic case-study 5. Ethnicity and archaeology 6. Ethnicity and linguistics 7. Conclusion.
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TL;DR: In this article, a survey of the use of ethnic identity in the construction of Christian group-identity is presented, focusing on 1 Peter 2.4.4-10, a significant passage within the letter, rich in material from the Jewish scriptures.
Abstract: 1 Peter 2.4–10 is a significant passage within the letter, rich in material from the Jewish scriptures. Verse 9 is particularly significant for the construction of Christian group-identity in that it uniquely applies three words from the vocabulary of ethnic identity to the Church: γένος, ἔθνος, and λαός, widely translated as ‘race’, ‘nation’, and ‘people’. A survey of these words in pre-Christian Jewish literature (especially the LXX), in the NT, and in other early Christian literature, reveals how crucial this text in 1 Peter is to the process by which Christian identity came to be conceived in ethnoracial terms. Drawing on modern definitions of ethnic identity, and ancient evidence concerning the fluidity of ethnic identities, it becomes clear that ‘ethnic’ and ‘racial’ identities are constructed, believed, and sustained through discourse. 1 Peter, with both aggregative and oppositional modes of ethnic reasoning, makes a crucial contribution to the construction of an ethnic form of Christian identity.

16 citations

Dissertation
01 Jan 2008
TL;DR: Voyatzis, 1991, 302, MP9.470 and Whitley, 1998, 57ff as discussed by the authors have shown that the snakes motif was also found on early dedicatory pottery in the sanctuary of Athena Alea at Tegea, where it can probably be connected with a chthonic feature.
Abstract: figures. The position of these figures indicates that they do not serve merely decorative purposes in the composition. The figure to the right probably represents a snake, and the one to the left looks like a fish. A possible interpretation is that we are dealing with the Potnia Theron (‘protector of animals’) motif that Artemis is already identified with in the Iliad. The snake motive is also found in another early dedication. In a group of hand-made miniatures is one oinochoe with an incised snake on the outer face of its handle (Fig. 10 .6). This is obviously a chthonic motive. We have earlier seen that this motif was also found on early dedicatory pottery in the sanctuary of Athena Alea at Tegea (Fig. 6.6), where it can probably be connected with a chthonic feature, perhaps with the fountain of Auge. It would also have been most appropriate if Artemis were accompanied by one of the daughters of Okeanos at a place which in the early modern landscape of memory was called Psili Vrisi, ‘the high spring’. 148 Voyatzis, 1991, 301, MP3. 149 Voyatzis insists on calling these figures fillers. Although hardly satisfactory from the visual sematics point of view, the concept of ‘fillers’ in early Greek art is deeply incorporated into the vocabulary of Classical archaeologists. A theoretical debate about this issue is absent. For examples of alternative approaches to the visual semantics of fillers in a discussion of the 7 century BC Polyphemos amphora from Eleusis, see Osborne, 1988; and Whitley, 1994. See also Osborne, 1998, 57ff. 150 Homer, Iliad 21.470. 151 Voyatzis, 1991, 302, MP9. 152 Oinochoai with handles depicting snakes twisting in a meandering pattern have also been found at Tegea and at Sparta. See Voyatzis, 1991, 86, plate 29; and Coldstream, 1968, 216. Figure 10.7 Bronze hydrophoros from Tegea from the second half of the 8th century BC. Same type as a not so well preserved specimen found at the Psili Korphi Sanctuary.

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TL;DR: This paper focused on the origin narratives of the post-Roman peoples and kingdoms in Latin Europe between c. 500 and 1000, including some observations on the elaborate production of oracles, and some observations about the production process.
Abstract: This contribution concentrates on the origin narratives of the post-Roman peoples and kingdoms in Latin Europe between c. 500 and 1000, including some observations on the elaborate production of or...

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01 Jan 2002
TL;DR: The status of Outsiders in the Mycenaegean polity of Pylos is explored in this article, where the authors examine the individuals and groups of 'outsiders' and examine the evidence that reflects or affects their social and economic status as compared to the status that the local population held.
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to discuss the status of Outsiders', namely people of different ethnic origin, who are found living within the Pylian polity and are mentioned in the Linear Β tablets of the Palace of Nestor, in comparison to the status held by local people (i.e., whether the Outsiders" status was lower than that of locals, whether they were differentiated and/or marginalized from the rest of the population, or assimilated into the local population). Scholars have long established the fact that during the Aegean Bronze Age, and especially during the Middle and Late Bronze Ages, extensive communication, exchanges and movement of people and ideas were taking place between different geographical areas, different communities within the Aegean, and within the wider Mediterranean area. These studies have focussed on describing the character of communications, the geographical extent and the intensity by which the movement and exchange of products and ideas affected the lives of the communities involved (whether they were Mycenaean, Minoan, Egyptian, or other people). However, there have been no extensive studies exploring the status of the people themselves who moved around and, in particular, ended up in the Mycenaean polity of Pylos. For the needs of this paper I have reversed the study focus from the outside to the interior of the Mycenaean polities, and, more specifically, to the interior of the polity of Pylos and onto the actual Outsiders' and the status they held and/or achieved when they came into Pylos to live and work. In what follows, I estimate the size of the population related to the palace and, thus, mentioned in the archive; I examine the individuals and groups of 'outsiders', and, finally, I discuss in detail the evidence that reflects or affected their social and economic status as compared to the status that the local population held.

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01 Jan 1980
TL;DR: Bourdieu as mentioned in this paper develops a theory of practice which is simultaneously a critique of the methods and postures of social science and a general account of how human action should be understood.
Abstract: Outline of a Theory of Practice is recognized as a major theoretical text on the foundations of anthropology and sociology. Pierre Bourdieu, a distinguished French anthropologist, develops a theory of practice which is simultaneously a critique of the methods and postures of social science and a general account of how human action should be understood. With his central concept of the habitus, the principle which negotiates between objective structures and practices, Bourdieu is able to transcend the dichotomies which have shaped theoretical thinking about the social world. The author draws on his fieldwork in Kabylia (Algeria) to illustrate his theoretical propositions. With detailed study of matrimonial strategies and the role of rite and myth, he analyses the dialectical process of the 'incorporation of structures' and the objectification of habitus, whereby social formations tend to reproduce themselves. A rigorous consistent materialist approach lays the foundations for a theory of symbolic capital and, through analysis of the different modes of domination, a theory of symbolic power.

21,227 citations

Book
01 Jan 1973
TL;DR: The INTERPRETATION OF CULTURES CLIFFORD GEERTZ Books files are available at the online library of the University of Southern California as mentioned in this paper, where they can be used to find any kind of Books for reading.
Abstract: THE INTERPRETATION OF CULTURES CLIFFORD GEERTZ PDF Are you searching for THE INTERPRETATION OF CULTURES CLIFFORD GEERTZ Books files? Now, you will be happy that at this time THE INTERPRETATION OF CULTURES CLIFFORD GEERTZ PDF is available at our online library. With our complete resources, you could find THE INTERPRETATION OF CULTURES CLIFFORD GEERTZ PDF or just found any kind of Books for your readings everyday.

20,105 citations

Book
01 Jan 1997
TL;DR: Sian Jones as mentioned in this paper argues for a fundamentally different view of ethnicity, as a complex dynamic form of identification, requiring radical changes in archaeological analysis and interpretation, and presents a comprehensive and critical synthesis of recent theories of ethnicity in the human sciences.
Abstract: The question of ethnicity is highly controversial in contemporary archaeology. Indigenous and nationalist claims to territory, often rely on reconstructions of the past based on the traditional identification of 'cultures' from archaeological remains. Sian Jones responds to the need for a reassessment of the ways in which social groups are identified in the archaeological record, with a comprehensive and critical synthesis of recent theories of ethnicity in the human sciences. In doing so, she argues for a fundamentally different view of ethnicity, as a complex dynamic form of identification, requiring radical changes in archaeological analysis and interpretation.

816 citations