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SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES Irad Malkin Professor of Greek History Tel Aviv University, Israel In ancient Anatolia, Greeks encountered the figure of a great Goddess whom they identified with Artemis of Ephesos. So unique were her features, and so intimately these were linked with notions of prosperity, safety, and legitimacy, that even the "Oriental" Lydian kings re-adopted her as a Greek Goddess. She was an over- arching deity, common to Ionian (Greek) migrants and colonists, and identified with the very foundation and secure existence of the city. She was the one whom Anatolian colonists (Phocaeans) took with them westwards, together with her priestess, to the modern shores of Spain and France. Her statue and cult (a rare occasion in Greek religion) were intentionally disseminated among Barbarians, such as Iberians and Romans. A goddess of mediation and cultural encounters among settlers, traders, and local populations, she came to express Hellenic identity within wide-reaching Mediterranean horizons. Irad Malkin holds the Cummings Chair for Mediterranean History and Cultures and is co-Founder (1986) and co-Editor of the Mediterranean Historical Review. His research interests include ancient colonization, religion, myth, ethnicity, and network theory. He is the Laureate of the Israel Prize for History, 2014. Professor Malkin is visiting Australia as a guest of Macquarie University, where he holds the 2015 Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Visiting Fellowship. His major publications include Religion and Colonization in Ancient Greece, (Brill: Leiden, 1987); Myth and Territory in the Spartan Mediterranean (Cambridge UP: Cambridge, 1994; Paperback edition, Cambridge UP, 2003, French translation 1999); The Returns of Odysseus: Colonization and Ethnicity (University of California Press, 1998; Italian translation 2004; Hebrew translation 2004); Ethnicity and Identity in Ancient Greece (In Hebrew, Tel Aviv 2003); (ed.), Ancient perceptions of Greek ethnicity (Center for Hellenic Studies and Harvard University Press, Washington DC, 2001); (ed.), Mediterranean Paradigms and Classical Antiquity (London: Routledge, 2005 = Special issue of the Mediterranean Historical Review 18, 2003); A Small Greek World: Networks in the ancient Mediterranean (Oxford Univesity Press: Oxford and New York 2011; French translation, at Belles Lettres, forthcoming) Over-arching Goddess: Artemis of Ephesos between Anatolia and Iberia” “ Thursday 20 August 2015 6.30pm - 7.30pm Laby Theatre Physics South Bldg The University of Melbourne PARKVILLE VIC 3010 Admission is free. Bookings are required. Seating is limited. To register visit: http:// alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/ iradmalkin For further information please contact Brenda Jackson [email protected] or phone 8344 1521 PUBLIC LECTURE Professor Irad Malkin Artemis of Ephesos

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SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICALSTUDIES

Irad MalkinProfessor of Greek History

Tel Aviv University, Israel

In ancient Anatolia, Greeksencountered the figure of a greatGoddess whom they identifiedwith Artemis of Ephesos. Sounique were her features, and sointimately these were linked withnotions of prosperity, safety, andlegitimacy, that even the "Oriental"Lydian kings re-adopted her as aGreek Goddess. She was an over-arching deity, common to Ionian(Greek) migrants and colonists, andidentified with the very foundationand secure existence of the city.She was the one whom Anatoliancolonists (Phocaeans) took withthem westwards, together with herpriestess, to the modern shores ofSpain and France. Her statue andcult (a rare occasion in Greekreligion) were intentionallydisseminated among Barbarians,such as Iberians and Romans. Agoddess of mediation and culturalencounters among settlers,traders, and local populations, shecame to express Hellenic identitywithin wide-reachingMediterranean horizons.

Irad Malkin holds the CummingsChair for Mediterranean Historyand Cultures and is co-Founder(1986) and co-Editor of the

Mediterranean Historical Review.His research interests includeancient colonization, religion, myth,ethnicity, and network theory. He isthe Laureate of the Israel Prize forHistory, 2014. Professor Malkin isvisiting Australia as a guest ofMacquarie University, where heholds the 2015 Vice-Chancellor’sDistinguished Visiting Fellowship.His major publications includeReligion and Colonization in AncientGreece, (Brill: Leiden, 1987); Mythand Territory in the SpartanMediterranean (Cambridge UP:Cambridge, 1994; Paperbackedition, Cambridge UP, 2003,French translation 1999); TheReturns of Odysseus: Colonizationand Ethnicity (University ofCalifornia Press, 1998; Italiantranslation 2004; Hebrewtranslation 2004); Ethnicity andIdentity in Ancient Greece (InHebrew, Tel Aviv 2003); (ed.),Ancient perceptions of Greekethnicity (Center for HellenicStudies and Harvard UniversityPress, Washington DC, 2001); (ed.),Mediterranean Paradigms andClassical Antiquity (London:Routledge, 2005 = Special issue ofthe Mediterranean HistoricalReview 18, 2003); A Small GreekWorld: Networks in the ancientMediterranean (Oxford UnivesityPress: Oxford and New York 2011;French translation, at BellesLettres, forthcoming)

Over-arching Goddess: Artemis ofEphesos between Anatolia and Iberia”

“Thursday 20 August 20156.30pm - 7.30pmLaby TheatrePhysics South BldgThe University of MelbournePARKVILLE VIC 3010

Admission is free.Bookings are required.Seating is limited.

To register visit: http://alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/iradmalkin

For further information pleasecontact Brenda [email protected] orphone 8344 1521

PUBLIC LECTURE

Professor Irad Malkin

Artemis of Ephesos