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).