The Epigraphy and History of Boeotia: New Finds, New Prospects

517 Pages·2014·10.9 MB·English

by  Nikolaos Papazarkadas

TheEpigraphyandHistoryofBoeotia
Brill Studies in Greek and
Roman Epigraphy
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JohnBodel(BrownUniversity)
AdeleScafuro(BrownUniversity)
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The Epigraphy and
History of Boeotia
NewFinds,NewProspects
Editedby
NikolaosPapazarkadas
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Contents
Preface ix
Abbreviations xi
ListofContributors xii
Introduction 1
sectioni
BoeotianHistory:NewInterpretations
1 EthnicIdentityandIntegrationinBoeotia:TheEvidenceofthe
Inscriptions(6thand5thCenturiesbc) 19
HansBeck
2 CreatingaCommonPolityinBoeotia 45
EmilyMackil
3 ΕΧΘΟΝΔΕΤΑΣΒΟΙΩΤΙΑΣ:TheExpansionoftheBoeotianKoinon
towardsCentralEuboiaintheEarlyThirdCenturybc 68
DenisKnoepfler
4 BetweenMacedon,AchaeaandBoeotia:TheEpigraphyofHellenistic
MegaraRevisited 95
AdrianRobu
5 AKoinonafter146?ReflectionsonthePoliticalandInstitutional
SituationofBoeotiaintheLateHellenisticPeriod 119
ChristelMüller
sectionii
TheNewEpigraphyofThebes
6 TheInscriptionsfromtheSanctuaryofHeraklesatThebes:
AnOverview 149
VasileiosL.Aravantinos
viii contents
7 FourInscribedBronzeTabletsfromThebes:PreliminaryNotes 211
AngelosP.Matthaiou
8 TwoNewEpigramsfromThebes 223
NikolaosPapazarkadas
9 NewInscribedFuneraryMonumentsfromThebes 252
MargheritaBonanno-Aravantinos
sectioniii
BoeotianEpigraphy:BeyondThebes
10 TlepolemosinBoeotia 313
AlbertSchachter
11 DigginginStoreroomsforInscriptions:AnUnpublishedCasualtyList
fromPlataiaintheMuseumofThebesandtheMemoryofWarin
Boeotia 332
YannisKalliontzis
12 JustasItHasbeenWritten:InscribingBuildingContractsat
Lebadeia 373
RobertPitt
13 ManumissioninHellenisticBoeotia:NewConsiderationsonthe
ChronologyoftheInscriptions 395
ClaireGrenet
14 LandAdministrationandPropertyLawintheProconsularEdictfrom
Thisbe(Syll.3884) 443
IsabellePernin
IndexLocorum 461
I LiterarySources 461
II EpigraphicalSources 465
GeneralIndex 473
GreekNamesandTerms 492
I PersonalNames 492
II GeographicalNames 495
III ReligiousTerms 497
IV ImportantGreekWords 498
Preface
The foundations of this volume lie in a symposium that was held at Berke-
ley in September 2011. The symposium TheEpigraphyandHistoryofBoeotia:
New Finds, New Developments was organized by the Sara B. Aleshire Center
fortheStudyofGreekEpigraphyincollaborationwiththeCollègedeFrance,
for whose institutional help I should thank Denis Knoepfler, Chair of Greek
EpigraphyandHistory.GenerousfinancialassistancewasgivenbytheFrance-
BerkeleyFundandbytheTownsendCenterforHumanities.Ireceivedvaluable
clericalandorganizationalhelpfromtheadministratorsoftheClassicsDepart-
ment,especiallyGarySpears,SarahCalderon,andNancyLichtenstein.Iwould
alsoliketothanktheBerkeleygraduatestudentsEricDriscoll,LisaEberle,John
Lanier, Derin MacLeod, Randy Souza, and Michael Zellermann-Rohrer, who
helpedfirstwith theorganizationofthesymposium andlaterwiththeedit-
ingprocessofthevolume,asdidMitchellPark,graduatestudentatBrown.I
amextremelygratefultoConnieandRonStroud,whogenerouslyofferedtheir
houseasthemainvenueforthesymposium’sopeningreception:thatconvivial
eveninghasalreadyenteredlocalepigraphiclore.ToddHickey,Directorofthe
Center for the Tebtunis Papyri, showed our visitors the other great sub-field
ofancientdocumentarystudies.He,CarlosNoreña,AndyStewart,andallmy
othercolleaguesinClassics,History,andArtHistorywereverysupportiveand
gracioushoststhroughoutthesymposium.
MuchoftheworkonthisbookwascarriedoutinSpring2013whenIheld
a visiting fellowship at the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies at Princeton
University.IwouldliketoexpressmygratitudetotheDirectoroftheCenter
DimitriGondicasandtheothermembersoftheExecutiveCommitteefortheir
warmhospitality.
During the production of this volume I was helped by three consecutive
ClassicseditorsatBrill,IrenevanRossum,CarolinevanErp,TesselJonquière,
and,inparticular,byGeravanBedaf,themainproductioneditorofthebook.
Thecommentsandcriticismoftheanonymousreaderimprovedconsiderably
thefinalproduct.IamgratefultoJohnBodelandAdeleScafuroforendorsing
thisbookforpublicationinthedynamicnewBrillStudiesinGreekandRoman
Epigraphyseries,ofwhichtheyarethesenioreditors.Adelehasbeenforyears
adearfriendandherassistancefarsurpassedwhatisnormallyexpectedfrom
asenioreditor.
A volume on epigraphy presupposes much work with inscriptions on the
ground. Institutional support has been abundantly offered by the Aleshire
Center for the Study of Greek Epigraphy for several years. My work in the