Boiotia in Ancient Times: Some Studies of Its Topography, History, Cults and Myths

by: Fossey, J.M.

This is the concluding volume presenting results of the author?s fieldwork spread over more than fifty years concerning the Archaeology and Topography of Ancient Boiotia that includes also discussions of the distribution within the topography of certain ancient cults, especially those of Artemis, Herakles and the Horseman Hero. Within the more purely topographic section there is much discussion of regional defense systems, all set against the history of the Boiotian League, especially its early coinage, its origins and its confrontation with Sparta and the pivotal battle of Leuktra.

The Homeric Description of Boiotia: Mykenaian or Archaic or Both?
Pages: 1–12
A Folk Story and the End of Amphiaraos
Pages: 13–23
“Les Deux Béoties” in Archaic Times
Pages: 24–32
The Origins of the Boiotian League
Pages: 33–60
Early Boiotian Temples
Pages: 61–76
Παιδοποιία in Archaic Thebai
Pages: 77–87
Boiotian Connections with the Pontic and Propontic Area in Archaic to Hellenistic Times
Pages: 88–94
The Spartan Occupation of Southern Boiotia
Pages: 95–135
The Daughters of Skedasos and the Battle of Leuktra
Pages: 136–155
The Sequel to the Spartan Occupation of Southern Boiotia
Pages: 156–171
Further Thoughts on Late Classical and Hellenistic Defence Networks in Boiotia
Pages: 172–207
A Valley in the Hills East of Thívai
Pages: 208–244
An Unusual Hero Cult in East Central Greece
Pages: 245–296
Another Boiotian Folktale
Pages: 297–303
The Leuktra Epigram (IGvii 2462)
By: S.M.L. Stringer
Pages: 304–312

Boiotia in Ancient Times: Some Studies of Its Topography, History, Cults and Myths

by: Fossey, J.M.

• ISBN-13: 9789004382831 / 978-90-04-38283-1
• ISBN-03: 9004382836 / 90-04-38283-6
• E.J. Brill, Leiden, 2019