Numizmatičke Vijesti, Vol. 62 No. 73, 2020.
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The Name of Damastion
Dubravka Ujes Morgan
orcid.org/0000-0001-8736-7697
; Newark, SAD
Sažetak
Damastion was a mining and minting town in the interior of the Balkans near abundant
silver mines founded by fugitives from Aegina and Mende, after they had been expelled from
their native cities by the Athenians during the turmoil of the Peloponnesian War (Strabo
7.7.8 and 8.6.16). Founded shortly after the Peace of Nicias of 421 B.C., in challenging
times of restructuring of powers and regrouping of fugitives and exiles on both sides, and
during an acute shortage of silver required for financing the impending war operations, the
town seems to have been exceptional in several respects, including its name. It appears that
Damastion was named after its founder, Damastas or Damastes, considerably earlier than
the practice of naming a foundation after its founder became common in Hellenistic times.
In this paper I address the circumstances that likely prompted or perhaps encouraged such
a choice for the new foundation’s name.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
259147
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Datum izdavanja:
29.11.2020.
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