Separating Fact from Fiction in the Aiolian Migration

Iron Age settlements in the northeast Aegean are usually attributed to Aiolian colonists who journeyed across the Aegean from mainland Greece. This article reviews the literary accounts of the migration and presents the relevant archaeological evidence, with a focus on new material from Troy. No one...

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Published inHesperia Vol. 77; no. 3; pp. 399 - 430
Main Author Rose, C. Brian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Princeton, NJ American School of Classical Studies at Athens 01.07.2008
AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS
Subjects
Amphorae
Archaeological evidence
Archaeology
Archaic period
Asia
Bronze age
Bronzes
Classical studies
Colonies
Colonies & territories
Colonization
Europe
Excavations
Fiction
Generalities
Greek civilization
Hittites
Iron Age
Metal Ages
Migration
Near East
Persian language
Pottery
Prehistory and protohistory
South East Europe
Iron Age
Final Bronze Age
Greece
Turkey
Asia Minor
Europe
Troy (Asia Minor)
Aegean Islands
Settlement
Migration
Colonization
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Summary:Iron Age settlements in the northeast Aegean are usually attributed to Aiolian colonists who journeyed across the Aegean from mainland Greece. This article reviews the literary accounts of the migration and presents the relevant archaeological evidence, with a focus on new material from Troy. No one area played a dominant role in colonizing Aiolis, nor is such a widespread colonization supported by the archaeological record. But the aggressive promotion of migration accounts after the Persian Wars proved mutually beneficial to both sides of the Aegean and justified the composition of the Delian League.
ISSN:0018-098X
1553-5622
DOI:10.2972/hesp.77.3.399