The Epigraphy and History of Boeotia: New Finds, New ProspectsNikolaos Papazarkadas Over the past 20 years, Boeotia has been the focus of intensive archaeological investigation that has resulted in some extraordinary epigraphical finds. The most spectacular discoveries are presented for the first time in this volume: dozens of inscribed sherds from the Theban shrine of Heracles; Archaic temple accounts; numerous Classical, Hellenistic and Roman epitaphs; a Plataean casualty list; a dedication by the legendary king Croesus. Other essays revisit older epigraphical finds from Aulis, Chaironeia, Lebadeia, Thisbe, and Megara, radically reassessing their chronology and political and legal implications. The integration of old and new evidence allows for a thorough reconsideration of wider historical questions, such as ethnic identities, and the emergence, rise, dissolution, and resuscitation of the famous Boeotian koinon. Contributors include: Vassilios Aravantinos, Hans Beck, Margherita Bonanno, Claire Grenet, Yannis Kalliontzis, Denis Knoepfler, Angelos P. Matthaiou, Emily Mackil, Christel Müller, Nikolaos Papazarkadas, Isabelle Pernin, Robert Pitt, Adrian Robu, and Albert Schachter. |
Contents
Introduction Papazarkadas | 1 |
New Interpretations | 17 |
The Evidence of the Inscriptions 6th and 5th Centuries BC Beck | 19 |
Creating a Common Polity in Boeotia Mackil | 45 |
ΕΧΘΟΝΔΕ ΤΑΣ ΒΟΙΩΤΙΑΣ The Expansion of the Boeotian Koinon towards Central Euboia in the Early Third Century BC Knoepfler | 68 |
The Epigraphy of Hellenistic Megara Revisited Robu | 95 |
A Koinon after 146? Reflections on the Political and Institutional Situation of Boeotia in the Late Hellenistic Period Müller | 119 |
Section II The New Epigraphy of Thebes | 147 |
New Inscribed Funerary Monuments from Thebes Bonanno Aravantinos | 252 |
Beyond Thebes | 311 |
Tlepolemos in Boeotia Schachter | 313 |
An Unpublished Casualty List from Plataia in the Museum of Thebes and the Memory of War in Boeotia Kalliontzis | 332 |
Inscribing Building Contracts at Lebadeia Pitt | 373 |
New Considerations on the Chronology of the Inscriptions Grenet | 395 |
Land Administration and Property Law in the Proconsular Edict from Thisbe Syll 3 884 Pernin | 443 |
Index Locorum | 461 |
An Overview Aravantinos | 149 |
Preliminary Notes Matthaiou | 211 |
Two New Epigrams from Thebes Papazarkadas | 223 |
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