Description
Book SynopsisThis is the concluding volume presenting results of the author’s fieldwork spread over more than fifty years concerning the Archaeology and Topography of Ancient Boiotia that includes also discussions of the distribution within the topography of certain ancient cults, especially those of Artemis, Herakles and the Horseman Hero. Within the more purely topographic section there is much discussion of regional defense systems, all set against the history of the Boiotian League, especially its early coinage, its origins and its confrontation with Sparta and the pivotal battle of Leuktra.
Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Plates Abbreviations Preface Note on Format 1 The Homeric Description of Boiotia: Mykenaian or Archaic or Both? 2 A Folk Story and the End of Amphiaraos 3 “Les Deux Béoties” in Archaic Times 4 The Origins of the Boiotian League 5 Early Boiotian Temples 6 Παιδοποιία in Archaic Thebai 7 Boiotian Connections with the Pontic and Propontic Area in Archaic to Hellenistic Times 8 The Spartan Occupation of Southern Boiotia 9 The Daughters of Skedasos and the Battle of Leuktra 10 The Sequel to the Spartan Occupation of Southern Boiotia 11 Further Thoughts on Late Classical and Hellenistic Defence Networks in Boiotia 12 A Valley in the Hills East of Thívai 13 An Unusual Hero Cult in East Central Greece 14 Another Boiotian Folktale 15 The Leuktra Epigram (IGvii 2462) S.M.L. Stringer Bibliography Index 1A: Epigraphic Sources Quoted or Cited Index 1B: Ancient Literary Sources Quoted or Cited Index 2: Ancient and Modern Placenames Index 3: Ancient Personal Names, Human and Divine Index 4: Selected General Subjects
