Thebes, Boeotia
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""En Filipo II y el Arte de la Guerra tendremos la oportunidad de conocer en profundidad a uno de los más grandes reyes de la antigua Macedonia. Gracias a su habilidad como estratega, diplomático, político y soldado, heredó un reino... more
Recent excavations by the Greek Archaeological Service carried out in the town of Thebes, Boeotia, clarified matters concerning the building features, the chronology and the function of the Early Helladic mudbrick tumuli. Until now, two... more
Xenophon analysed cavalry practises of several city states when he saw that the Athenians lost their battles against specifically the Boeotians who grew stronger with their hamippoi formations, cavalry intermingled with infantry. He... more
Excavations carried out at ebes (Boeotia) in 2000 brought to light a very important necropolis of which some graves have already been presented brie y while awaiting de nitive publication. e grave B 158, a cist tomb, is distinguished by... more
The archaeological research at Thebes for more than a hundred of years revealed, apart from the other important finds of prehistoric period, tens of burials either in clusters or in pairs or even individuals, dated at the Middle Helladic... more
Xenophon analysed cavalry practises of several city states when he saw that the Athenians lost their battles against specifically the Boeotians who grew stronger with their hamippoi formations, cavalry intermingled with infantry. He... more
Η Βοιωτία ξεκινά την έκδοση κοινού νομίσματος προς το τέλος του δεύτερου μισού του 6ου αι. π.Χ., με σύμβολο τη βοιωτική ασπίδα. Περί τα μέσα του 5ου αι. π.Χ. πολλές βοιωτικές πόλεις κόβουν ήδη το δικό τους νόμισμα. Όμως η κυριαρχία της... more
The paper investigates a selection of fragments of Boeotian local historiography. The main goal is to re-evaluate the weight of this genre in the reconstruction of the history of the region. The first section (1) argues for the necessity... more
Το Κοινό των Βοιωτών υπήρξε το παλαιότερο πρότυπο ομοσπονδιακής οργάνωσης στον ελληνικό χώρο. Το γενικό σχήμα του ομοσπονδιακού αυτού κράτους ήταν διμερές στη δομή του: στην κορυφή ήταν η κεντρική κυβέρνηση που απαρτιζόταν από τους... more
The marble fragment Inv. BE 132 of the Archaeological Museum of Thebes comes from Thebes itself. It is a fragment from the lower part of a grave stele together with its left side, preserving part of the left shin of a male figure wearing... more
ABSTRACT: This documentary response sheet contains a series of sequential questions drawn from the video, BBC: In Search of the Trojan War, episode 6: The Fall of Troy (shown in-class; also available online via... more
The finial from Thebes undoubtedly crowned an imposing grave stele. It is of lyre design, consisting of two double volutes, decorated by painted patterns on the front face. A specialized photographic technique (using oblique light)... more
Schatzfund römischer Zeit von Theben (Böotien) Der in 1975 in Theben aufgefundene Schatzfund, enthält 25 Münzen aus der römischen Kaiserzeit: 24 Sesterze und 1 Dupondius, die sich von Titus (79-81) bis Faustina I (139-141) spannen. Die... more
This paper seeks to explore how one mythological people of Boiotia, the Minyae, were recast by another, namely, the Thebans. Theban reworking of Boiotian legends shaped the Minyae as aggressors and was used both to justify future Theban... more
A Companion that examines together two pivotal periods of Greek archaeology and offers a rich analysis of early Greek culture. A Companion to the Archaeology of Early Greece and the Mediterranean offers an original and inclusive review... more
An examination of the changes in social and economic conditions in central and southern Greece from the end of the tenth to the thirteenth centuries based on a combination of written and archaeological evidence.
Η πρόσφατη ανασκαφή στο όμορο οικόπεδο του Αρχαιολογικού Μουσείου Θηβών αποκάλυψε την ύπαρξη ενός δεύτερου πλίνθινου τύμβου της Πρωτοελλαδικής περιόδου στη Θήβα που βρίσκεται σε άμεση γειτνίαση με τον γνωστό στην έρευνα τύμβο στο λόφο του... more
The appearance in the communities of Boeotia, Central Greece, of some new vessel types of east Aegean inspiration was determinative of the way archaeological research approached maters concerning the circumstances and the causes of the... more
Within 2000-2001, during a rescue excavation in Thebes for the needs of the construction of the underground passage for the Railway Hellenic Organisation, a great part of the northeastern cemetery of ancient Thebes was revealed along the... more