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In Search of the Phoenicians

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Winner of the Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit, Society for Classical Studies

The Phoenicians traveled the Mediterranean long before the Greeks and Romans, trading, establishing settlements, and refining the art of navigation. But who these legendary sailors really were has long remained a mystery. In Search of the Phoenicians makes the startling claim that the “Phoenicians” never actually existed as such. Taking readers from the ancient world to today, this book argues that the notion of these sailors as a coherent people with a shared identity, history, and culture is a product of modern nationalist ideologies—and a notion very much at odds with the ancient sources.

Author: Quinn Josephine
Publisher: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pages: 368
ISBN: 9780691195964
Cover: Paperback
Edition Number: 1
Release Year: 2019

Josephine Quinn is associate professor of ancient history at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Worcester College. She is the coeditor of The Hellenistic West and The Punic Mediterranean.

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