Brill’s Companion to Ancient Macedon: Studies in the Archaeology and History of Macedon, 650 BC–300 AD

729 Pages·2011·32.77 MB·English

by  Robin J. Lane Fox

Brill’s Companion to Ancient Macedon

Brill’s Companion to
Ancient Macedon
Studies in the Archaeology and History of
Macedon, 650 bc–300 ad
Edited by
Robin J. Lane Fox
LEIDEN • BOSTON
2011
Cover illustration: The hunt frieze on Philip’s tomb (336 bc) [Reconstruction G. Miltsakakis].
See also 282fff (Ch. 14 and fijig. 25) in this volume.
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Brill’s companion to ancient Macedon : studies in the archaeology and history of Macedon,
650 bc–300 ad / edited by Robin J. Lane Fox.
(cid:10)(cid:10)p. cm.
(cid:10)Includes index.
(cid:10)ISBN 978-90-04-20650-2 (hardback : alk. paper)
(cid:10)1. Macedonia—History—To 168 b.c. 2. Macedonia—History—168 b.c.–1389 a.d. 3. Greece—
Antiquities. I. Lane Fox, Robin, 1946– II. Title: Companion to ancient Macedon.
(cid:10)DF233.B75 2011
(cid:10)938’.1—dc22
2011013792
ISSN 0169-9423
ISBN 978 90 04 20650 2
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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations  ........................................................................................... ix
Introduction: Dating the Royal Tombs at Vergina  ................................ 1
R. Lane Fox
Chapter 1. Macedonian Studies  .................................................................. 35
M. B. Hatzopoulos
Chapter 2. Macedonia and Macedonians  ................................................ 43
M. B. Hatzopoulos
Chapter 3. Macedonians and Other Greeks  ........................................... 51
M. B. Hatzopoulos
Chapter 4. Archaic and Early Classical Macedonia  ............................. 79
M. Mari
Chapter 5. Aiani—Historical and Geographical Context  .................. 93
G. Karamitrou-Mentessidi
Chapter 6. The Kingdom of Macedonia and the Chalcidic League  ... 113
S. Psoma
Chapter 7. Chalcidice  .................................................................................... 137
B. Tsigarida
Chapter 8. Coinage and Finance  ................................................................ 159
S. Kremydi
Chapter 9. Classical Art  ................................................................................ 179
S. A. Paspalas
Chapter 10. 399–369 bc  ................................................................................. 209
R. Lane Fox
vi contents
Chapter 11. The Cities  .................................................................................... 235
M. B. Hatzopoulos
Chapter 12. Vergina—The Ancient City of Aegae  ................................. 243
S. Drougou
Chapter 13. The 360’s  ..................................................................................... 257
R. Lane Fox
Chapter 14. The Arts at Vergina-Aegae, the Cradle of the
Macedonian Kingdom  ............................................................................... 271
C. Saatsoglou-Paliadeli
Chapter 15. The Palace of Aegae  ................................................................ 297
A. Kottaridi
Chapter 16. Philip of Macedon: Accession, Ambitions, and
Self-Presentation  ......................................................................................... 335
R. Lane Fox
Chapter 17. Philip’s and Alexander’s Macedon  ...................................... 367
R. Lane Fox
Chapter 18. Pella  .............................................................................................. 393
I. M. Akamatis
Chapter 19. Amphipolis ................................................................................. 409
Ch. Koukouli-Chrysanthaki
Chapter 20. Philippi  ....................................................................................... 437
Ch. Koukouli-Chrysanthaki
Chapter 21. Traditional Cults and Beliefs  ................................................ 453
M. Mari
Chapter 22. Macedonia in Thrace  ............................................................. 467
L. D. Loukopoulou
Chapter 23. Hellenistic Art  .......................................................................... 477
O. Palagia
contents vii
Chapter 24. “Glorious Servitude(cid:16).(cid:16).(cid:16).”: The Reigns of Antigonos
Gonatas and Demetrios II  ........................................................................ 495
R. Lane Fox
Chapter 25. Court, King, and Power in Antigonid Macedonia  ......... 521
J. Ma
Chapter 26. Thessalonike  ............................................................................. 545
P. Adam-Veleni
Chapter 27. Art in the Roman Period, 168 bc–337 ad ......................... 563
Th. Stefanidou-Tiveriou
Chapter 28. Early Christianity in Macedonia  ......................................... 585
D. J. Kyrtatas
List of Contributors  ......................................................................................... 601
Index  .................................................................................................................... 603
Figures 1–73

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
(All fijigures can be found in the special quire at the back of the book)
Map of Macedonia and its Neighbours, ca. 350 bc
Figures 1–6 belong to Chapter 5, “Aiani—Historical and Geographical
Context” (G. Karamitrou-Mentessidi):
Fig. 1. Building with the Stoa. Capital of a half-column
Fig. 2. Inscribed tile
Fig. 3. Tomb Α. Gilded silver ivy leaves and gold rosettes
Fig. 4. Head of a kore
Fig. 5. Mycenaean fijinds
Fig. 6. Aiani, the ancient town. Rim of a pithos with linear symbols
Figures 7–15 belong to Chapter 9, “Classical Art” (S. A. Paspalas):
Fig. 7. Kouros. Europos (early 5th c. bc). Source: I. Touratsoglou, Μακε-
δονία. Ιστορία, Μνημεία, Μουσεία (Athens, 1995), p. 272, fijig. 348
Fig. 8. Funerary relief. Region of Thessalonike (ca. 440 bc). Source: G.
Despines et al., Κατάλογος Γλυπτών του Αρχαιολογικού Μουσείου Θεσσαλονίκης
Ι (Thessaloniki, 1997), pl. 23
Fig. 9. Funerary relief. Pella (late 5th c. bc). Source: supplied by the
author
Fig. 10. Funerary relief. Dion (ca. 450 bc). Source: I. Touratsoglou, Μακε-
δονία. Ιστορία, Μνημεία, Μουσεία (Athens, 1995), p. 264, fijig. 339
Fig. 11. Funerary stele. Pydna, Western Cemetery (beginning of the
4th c. bc). Source: M. Besios, Πιερίδων Στέφανος: Πύδνα, Mεθώνη και οι
αρχαιότητες της βόρειας Πιερίας (Katerini, 2010), p. 121
Fig. 12. Funerary stele. Pella, Northern Cemetery (4th c. bc). Source:
P. Chrysostomou, “Η επιτύμβια στήλη της Φίλας Μενάνδρου από την Πέλλα,”
in D. Tsiaphake, ed., ΑΓΑΛΜΑ. Μελέτες για την Αρχαία Πλαστική προς τιμήν
του Γιώργου Δεσπίνη (Thessaloniki, 2001), p. 235, fijig. 1
Fig. 13. Painted cist grave. Aineia, Tumulus II (3rd quarter of the 4th c.
bc). Source: H. Brecoulaki, La peinture funeraire de Macédoine. Emplois
et fonctions de la couleur IVe–IIe s. av. J.-C. II (Athens, 2006), pl. 111, 1
Fig. 14. Gilded ivory fijigure of Persephone. Sedes. Grave Γ (3rd quarter
of the 4th c. bc). Source: B. Tsingarida and D. Ignatiadou, Ο Χρυσός