Title: The Greeks overseas
Subtitle: their early colonies and trade
First published: 1964
Description: "In Ancient Greece, colonies were sometimes founded by vanquished people, who left their homes to escape subjection at the hand of a foreign enemy; sometimes as a sequel to civil disorders, when the losers in internecine battles left to form a new city elsewhere; sometimes to get rid of surplus population, and thereby to avoid internal convulsions; and sometimes as a result of ostracism. But in most cases the motivation was to establish and facilitate relations of trade with foreign countries and further the wealth of the mother-city (in Greek, metropolis)."--Wikipedia.
Subjects: Colonies, History, Greece, Koloniën, Cultuur, Greek colonies, Grieken, Art, greek, Greece, colonies, Greece, civilization, Greek Art, Influence, Civilization, Antiquities
Places: Greece