Astrid Möller Book order (chronological)

Quellen der Antike zeigt an konkreten Beispielen die Vorgehensweise und Vorteile einer kulturwissenschaftlich erneuerten Interpretationsmethode. Es wird ein Analyseraster entwickelt, das literarische Texte, Inschriften und Bilder der griechisch-romischen Antike in ihre ideellen und materiellen Kontexte einbettet, so dass ein umfassendes Verstandnis der Quelle innerhalb ihres ursprunglichen Entstehungszusammenhangs gewonnen werden kann. Die Quellenbeispiele werden in ihr jeweiliges Forschungsfeld eingeordnet. Die Entwicklung der Fragestellung und die Quellenanalyse erfolgen Schritt fur Schritt. Leitfragen erleichtern den Einstieg in die selbststandige Quellenarbeit.

Archaic Naukratis was a busy trading place in the Western Delta of the Nile, renowned for its sanctuaries and courtesans, granting the Greeks access to Egyptian grain and luxury items. Now, more than one hundred years after the discovery and excavation of Naukratis, the author offers the first full-length analysis of the archaeology and archaic history of this important site.Although Naukratis always features in modern accounts of ancient Greek colonization, it was not a place where the Greeks could freely establish their own political and social organization--it was under the strict control of the Egyptian pharaoh and his officials. To understand the special status of Naukratis, the author takes the port of trade model, surveying the political, social, and economic background of both Late Period Egypt and archaic Greece.A major section of the book comprises an archaeological re-evaluation of the topography of archaic Naukratis and its material finds. The sanctuaries, archaic pottery styles, terracottas, faiences, statuettes, and other small finds are examined in the light of recent scholarship, and an in-depth study of the literary evidence is brought to bear on the archaeological material.This book comprises a significant contribution to our understanding of Graeco-Egyptian relations during the seventh and sixth centuries BC and also demonstrates that Polanyian economic theory can play an invaluable rôle in the ongoing debate about the concepts best employed to analyse the ancient Greek economy.