ABSTRACT

This book presents for the first time a history of Eretria during the Archaic Era, the city's most notable period of political importance and 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 Aegaen 'island empire' anticipates that of Athens by more than a century, and Eretrian shipping and trade was similarly widespread.

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 has previously been inaccessible to an English speaking-audience) is provided, creating a fascinating history and valuable resource for the Greek historian.

chapter 2|47 pages

PREHISTORY, MYTHOLOGY AND CULT

The earliest inhabitants of Euboia from the late Neolithic Age to the end of the Mycenaean Age

chapter 4|51 pages

ERETRIA FROM c. 825 TO c. 650

chapter 5|42 pages

ERETRIA

Its history in the wider Greek world during the seventh and early sixth centuries

chapter 6|24 pages

ERETRIA

Emergent 'great power' of the mid-sixth century

chapter 9|18 pages

ERETRIA IN THE 490s

chapter 10|2 pages

EPILOGUE