480 BCE. The Persian Attack on Athens and its Impact on the Study of Ancient Greece

480 BCE. The Persian Attack on Athens and its Impact on the Study of Ancient GreeceSeries: Euhormos: Greco-Roman Studies in Anchoring Innovation, Volume: 11Volume Editors: Janric van Rookhuijzen, Josine Blok, and Floris van den EijndeIn 480 BCE, during their invasion of Greece, the Persians began the destruction of Athens. How has this event shaped our understanding of Greek history? This interdisciplinary volume investigates the commemoration of the attack in Antiquity and how it became anchored in modern scholarship as a watershed dividing Archaic and Classical Greece. Drawing on ancient literature, material culture, including deposits in the Athenian Agora, and reception history, the book explores if and how the destruction of Athens stimulated cultural innovation. By investigating the significance of 480 BCE as a historical anchor for the scholarship on ancient Greece, the volume reopens the discussion on the periodization of Archaic and Classical Greece.Front Matter Preliminary Material Editors: Janric van Rookhuijzen, Josine Blok, and Floris van den Eijnde Pages: i–xivEditors: Janric van Rookhuijzen, Josine Blok, and Floris van den Eijnde Foreword Editors: Janric van Rookhuijzen, Josine Blok, and Floris van den Eijnde Preface Editors: Janric van Rookhuijzen, Josine Blok, and Floris van den Eijnde Notes on Contributors Editors: Janric van Rookhuijzen, Josine Blok, and Floris van den Eijnde Introduction: The Impact of the Persian Attack on Athens on the Study of Ancient Greece Author: Janric van Rookhuijzen Pages: 1–16Chapter 1 The Trauma of 480 BCE as an Anchor: The Destruction of the City and the Rebuilding of the Community Author: Giorgia Proietti Pages: 17–43Chapter 2 After Evacuation and Victory: A Turning Point in the Creation of the Athenian State Burial Author: Marion Meyer Pages: 44–71Chapter 3 Rewriting History: The Battle of Salamis, 480 BCE Author: Mathieu de Bakker Pages: 72–91Chapter 4 Ctesias’ Persian History and the Destruction(s) of Ionia Author: Hans van Wees Pages: 92–123Chapter 5 Herodotus on 480 BCE and Late Archaic Chronology Author: Angelika Kellner Pages: 124–153Chapter 6 480 BCE: The Making of a World-Historical Date Author: Suzanne Marchand Pages: 154–185Chapter 7 Revisiting the ‘Persian Destruction’ Wells of the Athenian Agora Authors: Michael Laughy and Floris van den Eijnde Pages: 186–228Chapter 8 Persian Destruction Deposits from the Athenian Agora Excavations: Pottery Chronology and Its Challenges Author: Kathleen M. Lynch Pages: 229–255Chapter 9 Another Look at the Stoa Gutter Well Authors: Stephen F. Matter and Susan I. Rotroff Pages: 256–278Chapter 10 Revolution or Evolution? Reassessing the Relationship between Vase and Free Painting after 480 BCE Author: Federico Figura Pages: 279–305Chapter 11 Phokaean Electrum Coinage and Klazomenian Red-Figure Decoration Or, the Dangers of Overreliance on Athenian Chronologies in Asia Minor Author: Anja Slawisch Pages: 306–333Chapter 12 480 BCE as a Marker in Greek Literary History Author: André Lardinois Pages: 334–347Back Matter Index Editors: Janric van Rookhuijzen, Josine Blok, and Floris van den Eijnde