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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Main Author: Laurianne Martinez-Sève
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Presses universitaires du Midi 2012-10-01
Series:Pallas
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/pallas/975
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-39ad2a0f1310439db97d161901fd4a1a2023-02-09T16:32:10ZfraPresses universitaires du MidiPallas0031-03872272-76392012-10-018936739110.4000/pallas.975Les Grecs d’Extrême Orient : communautés grecques d’Asie Centrale et d’IranLaurianne Martinez-SèveSome 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.http://journals.openedition.org/pallas/975Central AsiaIranSusaAï KhanoumHellenisticGreek culture
spellingShingle Laurianne Martinez-Sève
Les Grecs d’Extrême Orient : communautés grecques d’Asie Centrale et d’Iran
Pallas
Central Asia
Iran
Susa
Aï Khanoum
Hellenistic
Greek culture
title Les Grecs d’Extrême Orient : communautés grecques d’Asie Centrale et d’Iran
title_full Les Grecs d’Extrême Orient : communautés grecques d’Asie Centrale et d’Iran
title_fullStr Les Grecs d’Extrême Orient : communautés grecques d’Asie Centrale et d’Iran
title_full_unstemmed Les Grecs d’Extrême Orient : communautés grecques d’Asie Centrale et d’Iran
title_short Les Grecs d’Extrême Orient : communautés grecques d’Asie Centrale et d’Iran
title_sort les grecs d extreme orient communautes grecques d asie centrale et d iran
topic Central Asia
Iran
Susa
Aï Khanoum
Hellenistic
Greek culture
url http://journals.openedition.org/pallas/975
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