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Document Details : Title: Equations of Culture Subtitle: The Meeting of Natives and Greeks in Sicily (ca. 750-450 BC) Author(s): DE ANGELIS, Franco Journal: Ancient West & East Volume: 2 Issue: 1 Date: 2003 Pages: 19-50 DOI: 10.2143/AWE.2.1.3291979 Abstract : Little or no role is usually given in discussions of Sicilian Greek culture change to the island's native populations, and yet, in theory, there is no good reason to deny them such a role. This paper argues that Sicily's native populations, often in alliance with their Phoenicio-Punic neighbours, helped to bring about cultural change amongst the Sicilian Greeks, and that the differences that existed between the Sicilian Greeks and their compatriots in Greece were the result of more than just material circumstances. The discussion, drawing on archaeological and historical sources for support, will address four main areas: 1) the reasons for the modern neglect of this native impact on Greek culture; 2) the level of native socio-cultural development encountered by the early Greek settlers; 3) the nature of native-Greek interaction; 4) some case studies of culture change (the origins of orthogonal town planning; religious ritual; the frequency of tyranny; agriculture). |
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