Boiotia in the fourth century B.C. / edited by Samuel D. Gartland.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gartland, Samuel David, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voiōtia (Greece)--History.

Voiōtia (Greece).

Greece--History--Boeotian War, 378-375 B.C.

Greece.

History.

Greece--Voiōtia.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 240 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]

Summary:

Foundation myths. particularly those about the beginnings of cities and societies, played an important role in the dynamics of identity construction and in the negotiation of diplomatic relationships between communities. Yet many ancient, communities had not one but several foundation myths, offering alternative visions and interpretations of their collective origins. Seeking to explain this plurality, Foundation Myths in Ancient Societies explores origin stories from a range of classical and ancient societies, covering both a broad chronological span (from Greek colonies to the high Roman empire) and a wide geographical area (from the central Mediterranean to central Asia). It makes the case for understanding foundation myths not as stand-alone stories, but as elements within a wider discourse of origins. Book jacket.

Contents:

Thespiai and the fourth-century climax in Boiotia / Anthony Snodgrass

Autonomy of the Boiotian poleis / John Ma

Toward a revised chronology of the Theban magistrates' coins / Albert Schachter

Boiotian democracy? / P. J. Rhodes

Diodorus 15.78.4-79.1 and Theban relations with the Bosporus in the fourth century / Thom Russell

Enchanting history : Pausanias in fourth-century Boiotia / Samuel D. Gartland

Performance of Boiotian identity at Delphi / Michael Scott

Epigraphic habit(s) in fourth-century Boiotia / Nikolaos Papazarkadas

New Boiotia? : exiles, landscapes, and kings / Samuel D. Gartland

What if they jumped? : rethinking fourth-century Boiotia / Robin Osborne.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Container of: Snodgrass, Anthony M. Thespiai and the fourth-century climax in Boiotia.

ISBN:

9780812248807

0812248805

OCLC:

960901644