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The Fleet as the Basis for Polycrates of Samos’ Thalassocracy

Electrum (Uniwersytet Jagielloński. Instytut Historii), 2020, Vol.27 (27), p.45-66 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2020. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;ISSN: 1897-3426 ;EISSN: 2084-3909 ;DOI: 10.4467/20800909EL.20.003.12793

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  • Title:
    The Fleet as the Basis for Polycrates of Samos’ Thalassocracy
  • Author: Kuciak, Jakub
  • Subjects: History
  • Is Part Of: Electrum (Uniwersytet Jagielloński. Instytut Historii), 2020, Vol.27 (27), p.45-66
  • Description: Described most exhaustively in Herodotus’ Histories, the navy commanded by tyrant Polycrates of Samos was allegedly one of the greatest in archaic Greece, but the extant sources provide conflicting information about its history of use, structure and role in Polycrates’grand strategy. The paper analyses the available evidence to throw light on selected unknowns regarding Polycrates’naval power. Considered matters include numbers and types of ships found in Polycrates’ navy: penteconters, triremes and samainae, the invention of the latter type traditionally ascribed to Polycrates. Relevantly to this article, the Greek historiographic tradition frequently ascribes famous inventions to famous personages: within this text, I attempt to untangle this association to test whether it holds true for Polycrates. Finally, I examine how the tyrant obtained funds to maintain his sizeable fleet, investigating whether Polycrates might have resorted to pillaging and privateering to pay for his navy’s upkeep.
  • Publisher: Kraków: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
  • Language: English;French;German;Italian
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1897-3426
    EISSN: 2084-3909
    DOI: 10.4467/20800909EL.20.003.12793
  • Source: CEEOL: Open Access
    ProQuest Central
    DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
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