Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos /

Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos /

This book asks why politically-powerful entities invested in the Amphiareion, a sanctuary renowned for its precarity and dependency. The answer lies in unravelling the intricacies of the shrine's epigraphical record and the stories about the communities and individuals responsible for creating...

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Main Author: Wilding, Alexandra (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2022.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements ; 445.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Supplement 2021, ISBN: 9789004441934.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441040.

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Political culture.

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Call Number: D105

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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Conventions and Abbreviations
  • List of Figures, Maps and Tables
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1  Evidence for the Amphiareion
  • 1.2  Scholarship on the Amphiareion
  • 1.3  Conceptualising History through Monument and Memory
  • 1.4  Outline of Chapters
  • 2 Oropos, Amphiaraos, and the Foundation of the Oropian Amphiareion
  • 2.1  Oropos
  • 2.2  Amphiaraos
  • 2.3  The Foundation of the Oropian Amphiareion
  • 3 Inscriptions and Their Authorities in the Classical Period
  • 3.1  The Status of Oropos from the Late Fifth to Fourth Centuries
  • 3.2  On the Ground: Inscriptions at the Amphiareion, c. 500-335 bce
  • 3.3  Agency and Aspirations
  • 3.4  The Athenian Reacquisition of Oropos
  • 3.5  Athenian Personnel and Policies
  • 3.6  The Return of the Athenians
  • 3.7  Agency and Aspirations Revisited
  • 3.8  Conclusion
  • 4 Between polis and koinon : Inscribed proxenia at the Amphiareion in the Fourth to Second Centuries
  • 4.1  The Amphiareion in the Hellenistic Period
  • 4.2  The Issuing Authorities and Inscribed Media of Proxeny Decrees at the Amphiareion
  • 4.3  The proxenoi of Oropos
  • 4.4  Federal Proxeny Awards and Their Agents at the Amphiareion
  • 4.5  From Stele to Base
  • 4.6  Conclusion
  • 5 Roman Honours and Hellenistic Memory
  • 5.1  Sullan Honours for the Amphiareion
  • 5.2  Reshaping Honour and Memory: Reusing Honorific Statues in the First Century
  • 5.3  The Amphiaraia and Rhomaia
  • 5.4  Conclusion
  • 6 Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.