Commemorating conflict : : Greek monuments of the Persian Wars / / Xavier Duffy.

• VerfasserIn: Duffy, Xavier,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archaeopress,, [2018]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 206 pages)

A holistic study of how the Greek peoples (of primarily the classical period) collectively commemorated the Persian Wars. This work analyses commemorative objects, places, and groups for a complete representation of the commemorative tradition.

Table of Contents

Copyright Info -- Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1.1 Aim -- 1.2 What were the Persian Wars? -- Chapter 2 -- Contextualising the Commemorations of the Persian Wars -- 2.1 Reliability of the Evidence -- 2.2 Commemoration in Ancient Greece -- 2.2.1 Athenian Dominance -- 2.2.2 Looking beyond Athens -- 2.2.3 Commemorative Monumentalisation -- 2.3 Commemoration of the Persian Wars -- Chapter 3 -- Commemorative Groups and Commemorative Places -- 3.1 Commemorative Groups -- 3.1.1 The Polis -- 3.1.2 The Delphic Amphictyony -- 3.1.3 Pan-Hellenic / Pan-Hellenism -- 3.2 Commemorative Places -- 3.2.1 Battlefield -- 3.2.2 Urban centre -- 3.2.3 Pan-Hellenic Sanctuary -- 3.2.4 Other -- Figure 1 Establishing boundaries to the battlefield space (after Carman and Carman 2006: 135. Reproduced by kind permission of Dr John Carman). -- Chapter 4 -- Monuments by Type -- 4.1 What is a Monument? -- 4.2 Monument Types -- 4.2.1 Cenotaphs -- 4.2.2 Trophies -- 4.2.2.1 Perishable -- 4.2.2.2 Permanent -- 4.2.3 Inscriptions -- 4.2.3.1 Epigrams -- 4.2.3.2 Epitaphs -- 4.2.3.3 Casualty Lists -- 4.2.4 Burials -- 4.2.4.1 Collective -- 4.2.4.2 Commander -- 4.2.5 Dedications -- 4.2.5.1 Dedications of Spoils of War -- 4.2.5.2 Statues -- 4.2.5.3 Votive offerings -- 4.2.6 Structures -- 4.2.6.1 Altars -- 4.2.6.2 Sacred Precincts, Temples and Stoas -- 4.2.6.3 Non-Religious Structures -- 4.2.7 Non-Physical Monuments -- 4.2.7.1 Military Vow -- 4.2.7.2 Oaths -- 4.2.7.3 Behavioural Commemoration -- 4.2.8 Other -- Table 1. Full monument list -- Table 2. Full monument list cont. -- Table 3. Cenotaphs -- Table 4. Trophies -- Table 5. Epigrams and epitaphs -- Table 6. Casualty lists -- Table 7. Collective burials -- Table 8. Commander burials -- Table 9. Spoils of war -- Table 10. Statues -- Table 11. Votive offerings.

Table 12. Altars -- Table 13. Sacred precincts, temples and stoas -- Table 14. Non-religious structures -- Table 15. Military vow -- Table 16. Oaths -- Table 17. Behavioural commemoration -- Table 18. Other -- Chapter 5 -- The Monuments and the Evidence -- 5.1 Assessing the Evidence -- 5.2 The Monuments -- Bibliography -- Table 19. Confidence attributed to the acceptance of each monument -- Table 20. Confidence attributed to the acceptance of each monument cont. -- Figure 2 Athenian burial mound at Marathon (author's own photograph). -- Figure 3 Plataean burial mound (author's own photograph). -- Figure 4 Athenian trophy at Marathon (author's own photograph). -- Figure 5. Inscribed stele mentioning the Herakleia (author's own photograph). -- Figure 6. Herakleia inscription (author's own photograph). -- Figure 7 Athenian treasury at Delphi (author's own photograph). -- Figure 8 Stone A I (I 303 a, Agora Excavations, The American School of Classical Studies at Athens). -- Figure 10 Stone B (after Clairmont 1983: pl.13, 7b. Reproduced by kind permission of BAR Publishing). -- Figure 9 Stone A II (I 303 b, Agora Excavations, The American School of Classical Studies at Athens). -- Figure 11 Squared block on Salamis (author's own photograph). -- Figure 12 Corinthian epitaph from Salamis (author's own photograph). -- Figure 13 Burial Mound on Salamis (author's own photograph). -- Table 21. Provisions of the Oath of Plataea -- Figure 14 Drawing of boundary stone (after Skia 1917: 161). -- Figure 15 Section of Acropolis wall displaying Temple of Athena Polias' entablature (after Kousser 2009: 270. Reproduced by kind permission of Professor Rachel Kousser). -- Figure 16 Section of Acropolis Wall displaying column drums of the Older Parthenon (after Kousser 2009: 271. Reproduced by kind permission of Professor Rachel Kousser).