A History of BoeotiaUniversity of Alberta, 1979 - 204 pages Robert Buck's history examines the archaeological record, takes a fresh look at what the ancients said about the Boeotians and at the references of classicists of more recent times, retells the legends, and reconstructs the history of the region from the heroic Bronze Age to the Pelopponesian War. |
Contents
Archaeological Evidence from the Neolithic | 33 |
Legends and Traditions of the Bronze Age | 45 |
Traditions and History of the Bronze Age | 55 |
The Coming of the Boiotoi | 75 |
Boeotia in the Archaic Period | 87 |
The Formation of the Boeotian League | 107 |
The Early Boeotian League 506479 B C | 123 |
Boeotia 479431 B C | 141 |
Conclusions | 169 |
Bibliography | 179 |
Common terms and phrases
Acraephia Aegina Aghios Allies Amit ancient archaeological Archaic argued Asopus Athenian Athens Attica Aulis battle bibliography Boeotarchs Boeotian League Boiotoi Bronze Age Buck Cadmeans Catalogue century Ceressus Chaeronea Classical Comm Coronea Creusis cult defeated Delium Diod Diodorus early east Eleutherae end of LH Ephorus Erythrae Euboea Euphrosyne Eutresis evidence excavations federal FGrH 66 fortifications Fossey Frazer Gomme Greece Greek Haliartus Hecataeus Hellanicus Herodotus Hesiod Hesperia Hope Simpson hoplite Hysiae inscriptions kilometres Kirsten Lake Copaïs Larsen Late Helladic Lattamyas Lebadea Locris Moretti Mycenaean Neolithic Oedipus Oenophyta Ogygus oligarchs Onchestus Orchomenian Orchomenus Oropus Pamboeotia Paus Pausanias Peloponnesian Persian Pherecydes Philippson Phlegyians Phocis plain Plataea pottery Pritchett probably Pyrgos Roesch Salganeus Scolus seems settlement sherds Simpson and Lazenby Sordi Spartans Syriopoulos Tanagra Theban Thebes Thermopylae Thespiae Thessalians Thessaly Thracians Thuc Thucydides Topography towns traditions Trojan Trojan War village Wallace walls western Boeotia