Review of Giorgos Papantoniou, Religion and Social Transformations in Cyprus: From the Cypriot Basileis to the Hellenistic Strategos. Mnemosyne 347. Lieden/Boston: Brill, 2012. (original) (raw)

The review evaluates Giorgos Papantoniou's work on the transformations in Cyprus from indigenous city-kingdoms to Hellenistic rule under Ptolemy I, focusing on the role of religion in legitimizing power and the concept of sacred landscapes. It highlights the use of landscape archaeology to analyze social and political changes, critiques the organization of materials in Papantoniou's dissertation and notes a better overview in a related publication. The reviewer suggests that readers may find value in the article rather than the book for a more concise understanding of the research.