Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1: Introduction
2: Preliminaries: Kinship terminology in Thucydides
4: Korinth and its colonies: Charting xyngeneia
4: Aiolian kinship: xyngeneia and relatedness in the Mytilene and Plataia episodes
5: Sparta's kinship ties
6: Athens kinship ties
7: Mixed realities of the West: Greeks and non-Greeks
8: Conclusion
Appendices
I: Athens kleruchies, kinship and Thucydides
II: Cities and colonial information in Thucydides and Herodotus
Bibliography
Index Locorum
General Index

About the Author

Maria Fragoulaki is a Lecturer in Ancient Greek History at Cardiff University.

Reviews

Fragoulaki has done an exhaustive and thorough study of the terms of xyngeneia (shared descent) in the narrative of Thucydides. She examines the phenomenon of kinship in cities, communities, and ethnic groups as portrayed in Thucydides and attempts to shed new light on his historical interpretations through this lens. Her work provides a useful reference tool for people studying the issues of kinship in Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War. This book is well worth reading for those interested in the Peloponnesian War.
*Robert J. Littman University of Hawaii at Manoa, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute*

a comprehensive investigation of "kinship" ... extremely valuable ... anyone working on Thucydides should read this book.
*Martha C. Taylor, Sehepunkte*

an important study for advanced readers of Thucydides and it is hoped that Fragoulaki's emphasis upon kinship will motivate other scholars to take it into account.
*Sydnor Roy, Classical Journal Online*

This stimulating volume by Maria Fragoulaki brings into focus the complicated and widespread web of kinship ties in Thucydides and emphasizes the emotional charge these ties inject into interactions among related communities.
*Paula Debnar, GNOMON*