Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos

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This book revisits the narrative of the Amphiareion through comprehensive analysis of its monuments; it exposes the sanctuary’s function as an arena for political rediscovery and intercommunal association for individuals and communities within Attica and central Greece. ‎Contents ‎Acknowledgements ‎Conventions and Abbreviations ‎Figures, Maps, and Tables ‎Chapter 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 ‎Chapter 2. Oropos, Amphiaraos, and the Foundation of the Oropian Amphiareion ‎2.1. Oropos ‎2.2. Amphiaraos ‎2.3. The Foundation of the Oropian Amphiareion ‎Chapter 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. 500–335bce ‎3.3. Agency and Aspirations ‎3.3.1. Dedications ‎3.3.2. Public Inscriptions ‎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 ‎3.7.1. Reaffirming Authority ‎3.7.2. Promoting Individuals ‎3.8. Conclusion ‎Chapter 4. Between polis and koinon: Inscribed proxenia at the Amphiareion in the Fourth to Second Centuries ‎4.1. The Amphiareion in the Hellenistic Period ‎4.1.1. The Esplanade of Honorific Statues ‎4.2. The Issuing Authorities and Inscribed Media of Proxeny Decrees at the Amphiareion ‎4.3. The proxenoi of Oropos ‎4.3.1. Position within the koinon ‎4.3.2. Proxeny Awards at Oropos from the Late Fourth to Mid Third Centuries ‎4.3.3. Grants of Proxeny of the Oropian demos and the Boiotian koinon ‎4.4. Federal Proxeny Awards and Their Agents at the Amphiareion ‎4.5. From Stele to Base ‎4.5.1. Other Federal Sanctuaries ‎4.5.2. The poleis of Boiotia ‎4.6. Conclusion ‎Chapter 5. Roman Honours and Hellenistic Memory ‎5.1. Sullan Honours for the Amphiareion ‎5.1.1. Sulla and the Oropians ‎5.1.2. Sulla and the Amphiareion ‎5.2. Reshaping Honour and Memory: Reusing Honorific Statues in the First Century ‎5.2.1. Statue Reuse at the Amphiareion ‎5.2.2. Dio Chrysostom and Favorinus on metagraphe ‎5.2.3. Statue Reuse at the Amphiareion: Increasing Honours or Epigraphical Convenience? ‎5.3. The Amphiaraia and Rhomaia ‎5.4. Conclusion ‎Chapter 6. Conclusion ‎Bibliography ‎Index of Ancient Sources ‎Index of People, Places, and Subjects