The epigraphy and history of Boeotia : : new finds, new prospects / / edited by Nikolaos Papazarkadas.

• Superior document: Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy ; Volume 4
• TeilnehmendeR: Papazarkadas, Nikolaos, 1974-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Brill studies in Greek and Roman epigraphy ; Volume 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (515 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

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.

Table of Contents

Front Matter / Nikolaos Papazarkadas -- Introduction / Nikolaos Papazarkadas -- Ethnic Identity and Integration in Boeotia: The Evidence of the Inscriptions (6th and 5th Centuries bc) / Hans Beck -- Creating a Common Polity in Boeotia / Emily Mackil -- ΕΧΘΟΝΔΕ ΤΑΣ ΒΟΙΩΤΙΑΣ The Expansion of the Boeotian Koinon towards Central Euboia in the Early Third Century bc / Denis Knoepfler -- Between Macedon, Achaea and Boeotia: The Epigraphy of Hellenistic Megara Revisited / Adrian Robu -- A Koinon after 146? Reflections on the Political and Institutional Situation of Boeotia in the Late Hellenistic Period / Christel Müller -- The Inscriptions from the Sanctuary of Herakles at Thebes: An Overview / Vasileios L. Aravantinos -- Four Inscribed Bronze Tablets from Thebes: Preliminary Notes / Angelos P. Matthaiou -- Two New Epigrams from Thebes / Nikolaos Papazarkadas -- New Inscribed Funerary Monuments from Thebes / Margherita Bonanno Aravantinos -- Tlepolemos in Boeotia / Albert Schachter -- Digging in Storerooms for Inscriptions: An Unpublished Casualty List from Plataia in the Museum of Thebes and the Memory of War in Boeotia / Yannis Kalliontzis -- Just as It Has Been Written: Inscribing Building Contracts at Lebadeia / Robert Pitt -- Manumission in Hellenistic Boeotia: New Considerations on the Chronology of the Inscriptions / Claire Grenet -- Land Administration and Property Law in the Proconsular Edict from Thisbe (Syll.3 884) / Isabelle Pernin -- Indexes / Nikolaos Papazarkadas.