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An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis

An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/156852708X373302 Numen 56 (2009) 118–136 www.brill.nl/nu Book Reviews An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis . Edited by Mogens Herman Hansen and Thomas Heine Nielsen. An Investigation Conducted by the Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation. Oxford: University Press, 2004. xv, 1396 pp. ISBN 0-19-814099-1. Under the direction of M.H. Hansen, the Copenhagen Polis Centre discussed over the last decade basic questions pertaining to the polis , e.g., what is the Greek polis , how many of them existed at diff erent time periods, what is polis religion? How did the Greeks themselves perceive their settlement patterns according to contemporary sources, in contrast to the modern notion of city- state ( Stadtstaat )? Following a series of more than 14 volumes of conference papers and discussions, Hansen now presents the state of this extensive research (“a counteract against the Atheno-centric studies of the polis ” (23)). Th e result is an impressive work combining the eff orts of 49 international specialists. It consists of three parts: (1) the inventory, (2) the indices, and (3) the system- atic introduction. (1) Th e inventory (ca. 1100 pages) lists 1035 poleis http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Numen Brill

An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis

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© 2009 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/156852708X373302 Numen 56 (2009) 118–136 www.brill.nl/nu Book Reviews An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis . Edited by Mogens Herman Hansen and Thomas Heine Nielsen. An Investigation Conducted by the Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation. Oxford: University Press, 2004. xv, 1396 pp. ISBN 0-19-814099-1. Under the direction of M.H. Hansen, the Copenhagen Polis Centre discussed over the last decade basic questions pertaining to the polis , e.g., what is the Greek polis , how many of them existed at diff erent time periods, what is polis religion? How did the Greeks themselves perceive their settlement patterns according to contemporary sources, in contrast to the modern notion of city- state ( Stadtstaat )? Following a series of more than 14 volumes of conference papers and discussions, Hansen now presents the state of this extensive research (“a counteract against the Atheno-centric studies of the polis ” (23)). Th e result is an impressive work combining the eff orts of 49 international specialists. It consists of three parts: (1) the inventory, (2) the indices, and (3) the system- atic introduction. (1) Th e inventory (ca. 1100 pages) lists 1035 poleis

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