In the Shadow of Olympus

by Borza, Eugene N.

• ISBN13: 9780691008806
• ISBN10: 0691008809
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-09-08
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

In tracing the emergence of the Macedonian kingdom from its origins as a Balkan backwater to a major European and Asian power, Eugene Borza offers to specialists and lay readers alike a revealing account of a relatively unexplored segment of ancient history. He draws from recent archaeological discoveries and an enhanced understanding of historical geography to form a narrative that provides a material-culture setting for political events. Examining the dynamics of Macedonian relations with the Greek city-states, he suggests that the Macedonians, although they gradually incorporated aspects of Greek culture into their own society, maintained a distinct ethnicity as a Balkan people. "Borza has taken the trouble to know Macedonia: the land, its prehistory, its position in the Balkans, and its turbulent modern history. All contribute...to our understanding of the emergence of Macedon.... Borza has employed two of the historian's most valuable tools, autopsy and common sense, to produce a well-balanced introduction to the state that altered the course of Greek and Near Eastern history."--Waldemar Heckel, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Toward a History of Ancient Macedonia	p. 3
The Land of Macedonia	p. 23
Prehistoric Macedonia	p. 58
Who Were the Macedonians?	p. 77
Alexander I	p. 98
Perdiccas II	p. 132
Archelaus	p. 161
The House of Amyntas III	p. 180
"...The Greatest of the Kings in Europe..."	p. 198
Political Institutions in the Age of Philip and Alexander	p. 231
Material Culure in the Age of Philip and Alexander	p. 253
The Emergence of Macedon	p. 277
Appendix A: Some Bibliographical Notes	p. 283
Appendix B: Some Topographical Notes	p. 287
Appendix C: Some Diverse Endnotes	p. 292
Appendix D: Addenda to the Paperback Edition	p. 301
Bibliography	p. 315
Index	p. 333
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