Larson Tales of Epic Ancestry

Boiotian Collective Identity in the Late Archaic and Early Classical Periods
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-515-11794-4
Verlag: Franz Steiner
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Deutsch, Englisch, Band Band 197, 238 Seiten, E-Book-Text

Reihe: Historia – Einzelschriften.

This e-book explores late-sixth and early fifth-century Boiotia as a case study in the construction and articulation of collective identity in archaic and early classical Greece. By juxtaposing a variety of sources – historio­graphy, numismatics, iconography, epigraphy – the author discusses traditions of Boiotian descent and territory as well as Boiotian use of a common symbol, promotion of shared dialect, and use of a common name. These sources suggest that by the late sixth century the Boiotians actively promoted collective links to Athena and Thessaly as well as to epic tradition and specific epic heroes. They did not begin using their collective name in a strictly political or military sense until the middle of the fifth century BC.
With this ethnic portrait, the author offers an alternate explanation to the opinio communis that attributes late sixth-century Boiotian solidarity to an early political and military federation of poleis. The author rather argues that the Boiotians adopted a permanent federal system only in the mid-fifth century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Larson, Stephanie L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Politische Ethnologie, Recht, Organisation, Identität
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;CONTENTS;6
2;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;8
3;INTRODUCTION;10
3.1;APPROACH AND STRUCTURE;10
3.2;SOURCES, METHODS, RESTRICTIONS, AND TERMINOLOGY;13
4;CHAPTER 1;18
4.1;BOIOTOS’ PARENTAGE;19
4.2;BOIOTOS’ CHILDREN;24
4.3;SUMMARY AND DATE OF THE TRADITION;26
4.4;PRIMARY CONSEQUENCES OF BOIOTOS’ GENEALOGY;27
4.4.1;Aiolos;27
4.4.2;Poseidon;30
4.5;CONCLUSIONS;30
5;CHAPTER 2;32
5.1;THE ILIAD;33
5.1.1;A. The Catalogue of Ships (Il. 2.494–511);33
5.1.2;B. Arne;41
5.2;BETWEEN THE ILIAD AND EHOIAI: ARNE AND BOIOTOS;42
5.3;ADDITIONAL EPIC REPRESENTATIONS OF BOIOTIANS IN THE ILIAD;49
5.4;THE ASPIS;51
5.5;CONCLUSIONS: THE ARCHAIC SOURCES;53
5.6;THUCYDIDES ON BOIOTIAN MIGRATION AND HABITATION;53
5.6.1;A. The Text;54
5.6.2;B. Interpreting Thucydides 1.12;57
5.6.3;C. Thucydides and the Ehoiai;62
5.6.4;D. Implications of Thucydides’ Account;63
5.7;RECAPITULATION;65
6;CHAPTER 3;68
6.1;A NUMISMATIC HISTORY AND A RECONSIDERATION OF BOIOTIAN COINAGE;69
6.2;PROBLEMS IN ASSESSING BOIOTIAN COINAGE;72
6.3;THE SYMBOL OF THE CUTOUT SHIELD;75
6.3.1;A. The Chalkidian Issues, the Asyut Hoard, and the Beginnings of Boiotian Coinage;75
6.3.2;B. The Pun;79
6.3.3;C. Divine Significance;81
6.3.4;D. Links Between the Shield and the Aiakids in Genealogy and Iconography;81
6.3.5;E. The Boiotian Provenience of Ajax’s Shield;94
6.3.6;F. Ajax’s Shield Type;96
6.3.7;G. Boiotian Links to Shields in the Aspis;98
6.3.8;H. Boiotian Manufacture of Raw Materials and Weaponry;101
6.4;RECAPITULATION AND SPECULATION ON AN ICONOGRAPHIC SHIFT;107
7;CHAPTER 4;112
7.1;SOURCES;114
7.2;SELECT DETAILS OF BOIOTIAN DIALECT;116
7.3;A FEW EPICIZING EXAMPLES;124
8;CHAPTER 5;130
8.1;BOIOTIAN USE OF REGIONAL ETHNICS (INTERNAL USE);132
8.1.1;A. The Sixth Century;132
8.1.2;B. The Early to Mid-Fifth Century;143
8.1.2.1;P i n d a r;143
8.1.2.2;E p i g r a p h i c E v i d e n c e;146
8.2;NON-BOIOTIAN USE OF REGIONAL ETHNICS (EXTERNAL USE);151
8.3;CONCLUSIONS;162
9;CHAPTER 6;166
9.1;EARLIER APPROACHES;167
9.2;THE FIFTH-CENTURY HISTORIANS;169
9.2.1;A. The Collective Regional Ethnic in Herodotus;169
9.2.2;B. Herodotus’ Use of the Term Boiotarchai;173
9.2.3;C. Thucydides’ Boiotians: the Plataian Debate;175
9.2.3.1;T h e P l a t a i a n S p e e c h;175
9.2.3.2;T h e T h e b a n S p e e c h;177
9.3;EVIDENCE FOR SIXTH-CENTURY POLIS RIVALRY AND INDEPENDENCE;183
9.4;KORONEIA: A FIFTH-CENTURY TURNING POINT;185
10;CHAPTER 7;190
10.1;EXTERNAL CATALYSTS FOR BOIOTIAN COLLECTIVE COHESION;195
11;ICONOGRAPHIC APPENDIX;200
11.1;A. ACHILLES IN BLACK FIGURE WITH CUTOUT SHIELD;200
11.2;B. OTHER ARCHAIC MEDIA DEPICTING ACHILLES AND THE CUTOUT SHIELD;207
11.3;C. ACHILLES IN BLACK FIGURE WITH ROUND SHIELD;207
11.4;D. AJAX IN BLACK FIGURE WITH CUTOUT SHIELD;209
11.5;E. AJAX IN BLACK FIGURE WITH ROUND SHIELD;211
11.6;F. ACHILLES IN RED FIGURE WITH CUTOUT SHIELD;211
11.7;G. ACHILLES IN RED FIGURE WITH ROUND SHIELD;212
11.8;H. AJAX IN RED FIGURE WITH CUTOUT SHIELD;215
11.9;I. AJAX IN RED FIGURE WITH ROUND SHIELD;215
11.10;J. MENELAOS IN BLACK AND RED FIGURE;215
12;BIBLIOGRAPHY;218
13;INDEX OF SOURCES;234
13.1;I. LITERARY SOURCES AND TEXTS;234
13.2;II. INSCRIPTIONS;235
14;GENERAL INDEX;236