Megarika III, from Sicily to the Black Sea

Bringing together researchers from a variety of backgrounds and nationalities, this volume showcases the latest archaeological and historical research on ancient Megarian cities across the Mediterranean, from the Black Sea to Sicily and from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period. It presents new discoveries concerning the infrastructure, organization, and occupation of the territory of Megara itself, while also shedding new light on the wider network of Megarian apoikiai. Megarian identities, in Greece and beyond, are examined through multiple aspects of material culture, including sacred practices, artisanal production, exchange networks, and epigraphic habits. Given the remarkable amount of new information presented, Megarian funerary practices and burial spaces are explored in a dedicated section.
Drawing on archival records from earlier excavations as well as new data analysed through cutting-edge approaches, this book is set to become a landmark contribution to Megarian studies.

Editors
Reine-Marie Bérard is a Research Fellow at the CNRS (Centre Camille Jullian, Aix-en-Provence). Her work focuses on Greek funerary practices, particularly in colonial contexts. Since 2019, she has co-directed the excavations at Megara Hyblaea alongside J.-C. Sourisseau (Aix-Marseille Université), in collaboration with the Parco Archeologico di Leontinoi e Megara. She is the author of Mégara Hyblaea 6. La nécropole méridionale de la cité archaïque (EFR, CEFR 1/6.2, 2017) and Il diritto alla sepoltura nel Mediterraneo antico (EFR, CEFR 582, 2021).

Thierry Lucas is a Cultural Heritage Curator in France. He holds a PhD in Greek Archaeology from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and is a former member of the École française d’Athènes. His research focuses on military institutions in Classical and Hellenistic Greece and on fortifications. He has directed fieldwork in Boeotia and at Pachi, on the site of Nisaia, the harbour of Megara. He is the author of L’organisation militaire de la Confédération béotienne : 447–171 av. J.-C. (EFA, BEFAR 401, 2023).