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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankTHEANCIENTMESSENIANSEarlyinthearchaicperiodofGreekhistory,Messeniawasannexedandpartiallysettledbyitspowerfulneighbor,Sparta.Achievingindependenceinthefourthcenturybc,theinhabitantsofMesseniasetabouttryingtoforgeanidentityforthemselvesseparatefromtheirpreviousi
2、dentityasSpartansubjects,refunctionalizingorsimplyerasingtheirSpartanheritage.LuraghiprovidesathoroughexaminationofthehistoryofMessenianidentityandconsequentlyaddressesarangeofquestionsandissueswhoseinterestandimportancehaveonlybeenwidelyrecognizedbyancienthistoriansduringthelastdecade.Bya
3、detailedscrutinyoftheancientwrittensourcesandthearchaeologicalevidence,thebookreconstructshowtheMesseniansperceivedandconstructedtheirownethnicityatdifferentpointsintime,byapplyingtoMessenianethnicityinsightsdevelopedbyanthropologistsandearlymedievalhistorians.ninoluraghiisProfessorofClass
4、icsatHarvardUniversity,andhaspublishedwidelyonGreekhistoryandhistoriography.RecentworksincludeaneditedvolumeentitledThePoliticsofEthnicityandtheCrisisofthePeloponnesianLeague(forthcoming)andHelotsandtheirMastersinLaconiaandMessenia(coeditedwithS.Alcock,2003).THEANCIENTMESSENIANSConstructio
5、nsofEthnicityandMemoryNINOLURAGHIHarvardUniversityCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB28RU,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInfor
6、mationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521855877©NinoLuraghi2008Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress.Firstpublishedinprintfo
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