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ARCHAIC ERETRIA

This book presents for the first time a history of Eretria during the Archaic Era, the city’s

most notable period of political importance.

Keith Walker examines all the major elements of the city’s success. One of the key

factors explored is Eretria’s role as a pioneer coloniser in both the Levant and the West—

its early Aegean ‘island empire’ anticipates that of Athens by more than a century, and

Eretrian shipping and trade was similarly widespread.

We are shown how the strength of the navy conferred thalassocratic status on the city

between 506 and 490 BC, and that the importance of its rowers (Eretria means ‘the

rowing city’) probably explains the appearance of its democratic constitution. Walker

dates this to the last decade of the sixth century; given the presence of Athenian political

exiles there, this may well have provided a model for the later reforms of Kleisthenes in

Athens.

Eretria’s major, indeed dominant, role in the events of central Greece in the last half of

the sixth century, and in the events of the Ionian Revolt to 490, is clearly demonstrated,

and the tyranny of Diagoras ( c. 538–509), perhaps the golden age of the city, is fully

examined.

Full documentation of literary, epigraphic and archaeological sources (most of which

have previously been inaccessible to an English-speaking audience) is provided, creating

a fascinating history and a valuable resource for the Greek historian.

Keith Walker is a Research Associate in the Department of Classics, History and

Religion at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia.

ARCHAIC ERETRIA

A political and social history from

the earliest times to 490 BC

Keith G.Walker

LONDON AND NEW YORK

First published 2004

by Routledge

11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada

by Routledge

29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group

This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2006.

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utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now

known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any

information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from

the publishers.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

A catalog record for this title has been requested

ISBN 0-203-49108-4 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-203-57128-2 (Adobe e-Reader Format)

ISBN 0-415-28552-6 (Print Edition)

This work is dedicated with gratitude and love

to Geoff Cooke amico socioque carissimo;

without your patience, help and

encouragement it could never have been

completed

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