Les Grecs d’Extrême Orient : communautés grecques d’Asie Centrale et d’Iran
Some Greeks lived in Iran and Central Asia prior to the Hellenistic era, whether they had been deported there or whether they had settled down in the major Achemenid metropolises. Now their presence became massive ever since Alexander the Great’s times. The latter founded a network of settlements in...
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| Language: | fra |
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Presses universitaires du Midi
2012-10-01
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| Series: | Pallas |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/pallas/975 |
| Summary: | Some Greeks lived in Iran and Central Asia prior to the Hellenistic era, whether they had been deported there or whether they had settled down in the major Achemenid metropolises. Now their presence became massive ever since Alexander the Great’s times. The latter founded a network of settlements in which he installed veterans and mercenaries of his army. The Seleusid resumed his policy and attracted a great many Greeks and Macedonians to the eastern satrapies. The communities they formed did not distinguish themselves as regards their civic organization from the Mediterranean cities and they endeavoured to reproduce a traditional cultural and linguistic environment. Contacts remained steadfast with the Mediterranean world, limited though they were by the distances and the hardships of the journey. But these communities also adapted themselves to their local environment and lived in symbiosis with the native populations, which favoured the development of new cultural features. |
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| ISSN: | 0031-0387 2272-7639 |