Alexander the great and Ada, deposed Queen of Caria, at the fortress of Alinda in 334
bce(Strabo 14.2. 17; Arr. Anab. 1.23. 7–8; Diod. Sic. 17.24. 2–3; Plut. Alex. 22.4). Ada …

Who were the Lelegians? Ancient Greek and Latin texts refer to the Lelegians as an
indigenous people, locating them in southwestern Anatolia in a region known in historical …

The end of the Late Bronze Age has long been considered a period of heightened mobility
after the collapse of a number of polities, namely the Hittite Empire of central Anatolia, the …

Why did ancient autocrats patronise theatre? How could ancient theatre–rightly supposed to
be an artform that developed and flourished under democracy–serve their needs? Plato …

Les Cariens, largement vilipendés dans les sources littéraires classiques, ont pourtant
développé dès l'époque archaïque une civilisation remarquable. Les satrapes de la …

Who(’)s(e) Karian? Language, Names, and Identity 1 Page 1 AHB 27 (2013) 86-107 Page 86
Who(’)s(e) Karian? Language, Names, and Identity 1 Jeremy LaBuff The ancient region of …

L. Varius Rufus' tragedy Thyestes is, by any reckoning, one of the most significant lost works
of Classical literature. The disappearance of all but six words is even more frustrating if, as …

Beyond the colonial city-states on the coast and their immediate vicinity, several local scripts
are attested across the Thracian and Macedonian hinterland in the Archaic period. These …

Studies of the peoples of Anatolia take for granted the existence and importance of regional
ethnic communities on the peninsula when investigating issues of identity, ethnic origins …

1 § 1 The history of Karia is entangled with that of the Greek-speaking world; the cultural and
religious character of the region was shaped by sustained interaction with both east and …