Epigraphy and the Greek Historian / / Craig Cooper.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
• TeilnehmendeR: Cooper, Craig,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Phoenix Supplementary Volumes ; 47
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Epigraphy is a method of inferring and analyzing historical data by means of inscriptions found on ancient artifacts such as stones, coins, and statues. It has proven indispensable for archaeologists and classicists, and has considerable potential for the study of ancient history at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Epigraphy and the Greek Historian is a collection of essays that explore various ways in which inscriptions can help students reconstruct and understand Greek History.In order to engage with the study of epigraphy, this collection is divided into two parts, Athens and Athens from the outside. The contributors maintain the importance of epigraphy, arguing that, in some cases, inscriptions are the only tools we have to recover the local history of places that stand outside the main focus of ancient literary sources, which are often frustratingly Athenocentric. Ideally, the historian uses both inscriptions and literary sources to make plausible inferences and thereby weave together the disconnected threads of the past into a connected and persuasive narrative. Epigraphy and the Greek Historian is a comprehensive examination of epigraphy and a timely resource for students and scholars involved in the study of ancient history.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Epigraphical Sigla -- Phillip Edward Harding: List of Publications -- Introduction -- PART ONE. Athens -- Drakonian Procedure / Mirhady, David -- Hypereides, Aristophon, and the Settlement of Keos / Cooper, Craig -- Athenians in Sicily in the Fourth Century BC / Whitehead, David -- IG ii2 1622 and the Collection of Naval Debts in the 340s / Simonsen, Kathryn -- The Slave-Names of IG i3 1032 and the Ideology of Slavery at Athens / Robertson, Bruce -- PART TWO. Athens from the Outside: The Wider Greek World -- Theopompos and the Public Documentation of Fifth-Century Athens / Pownall, Frances -- Horton Hears an Ionian / Shrimpton, Gordon -- Rescuing Local History: Epigraphy and the Island of Thera / Ager, Sheila -- INDEX OF SOURCES -- INDEX OF NAMES -- INDEX OF PLACES -- GENERAL INDEX -- PHOENIX SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUMES