Closed, Enclosed or Closable Harbours? An Evidence-Based Redefinition of a Controversial Greek Expression
Contemporary scholarship has frequently translated ‘λιμήν κλϵιστός’ – an expression occasionally appearing in ancient Greek written sources – in different ways, while putting forward several suggestions for its interpretation. Although this topic has aroused the interest of several scholars over the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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The international journal of nautical archaeology
Year: 2024, Volume: 53, Issue: 2, Pages: 499-514 |
| Further subjects: | B
tṭūīr ālmūānīʾ
B gang kou fa zhan B ālmnfḏ mġlq B geografía antigua B limḕn kleistós B feng bi gang B naval sieges B ancient geography B puertos cerrados B ālḥṣār ālbḥrī B dispositivos de cierre B hai shang wei kun B ālǧġrāfīā ālqdīma B bi he she bei B closure devices B āʾǧhza ālāʾġlāq B gu dai de li xue B ālmūānīʾ ālmġlqa B asedios navales B closed ports B desarrollo portuario B harbour development |
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| Summary: | Contemporary scholarship has frequently translated ‘λιμήν κλϵιστός’ – an expression occasionally appearing in ancient Greek written sources – in different ways, while putting forward several suggestions for its interpretation. Although this topic has aroused the interest of several scholars over the past decades, a thorough analysis aimed at understanding not only the term’s origin and use, but also its possible diachronic evolution has yet to be performed. Accordingly, this paper performs the first comprehensive analysis on the term, providing a new definition that also explores the possible repercussions that the developments in naval sieges could have had on its meaning. |
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| ISSN: | 1095-9270 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal of nautical archaeology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/10572414.2023.2272853 |
