International networks of an island port in the Hellenistic period-the case of Kos [Elektronisk resurs]

• This paper treats some of the international contacts of Kos mainly during the Hellenistic period. Six analytical groups based on inscriptions and coins form three separate webs that are investigated and compared. The first web consists of the Koan network of proxenoi as seen in the inscriptions, those for Koans in other places and Koan proxenoi for citizens of other states. The second type of web is based on the bronze coins, the foreign ones found on Kos and the Koan pieces found abroad. The third is composed of the states responding positively to the campaign of the Koanstate to obtain asylia for the Asklepieion and Panhellenic status for the Asklepios games, and the poleis appearing in the victors’ lists. Judging by this material, Kos was, in all three webs, a significant actor in the Greek world, not only in the immediate neighbourhood, but also in more distant areas. 

Ämnesord

Humanities  (hsv)

History and Archaeology  (hsv)

Archaeology  (hsv)

Humaniora  (hsv)

Historia och arkeologi  (hsv)

Arkeologi  (hsv)

Classical Archaeology and Ancient History  (uu)

Antikens kultur och samhällsliv  (uu)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

ports

harbours

harbour network

sea-routes

fluvio-maritime vessels

hinterland

connectivity

transshipment points

port infrastructure

trade

proxeny network

shipsheds

Portus

Ostia

Rome

Naxos (Sicily)

Ravenna

Narona

Pistiros

Kos

Halasarna

the Corinthian Gulf

Achaia

Arcadia

the Aegean