Commemorating Conflict: Greek Monuments of the Persian Wars

Xavier Duffy

• Publisher: Archaeopress
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9781784918392
• eBook ISBN:
  9781784918408
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Archaeology
• Index: Social Sciences

This study is concerned with how the Greek peoples, of primarily the classical period, collectively commemorated the Persian Wars. The data presented here are public monuments, which include both physical and behavioural commemorations. The aim of this work is to reveal and present the methods by which Greeks of the fifth century BC commemorated the Persian Wars. Several trends have drawn attention away from studies presenting commemorative practices in their entirety: the focus on singular monument types, individual commemorative places, a particular commemorating group or specific battle, and an overemphasis on Athenian commemorations. This project works towards rectifying this issue by highlighting the variations in commemorative traditions. This holistic approach to the data, which is inclusive in its remit of commemorative objects, places, and groups, allows for a more complete representation of the commemorative tradition. What emerges from this study is the compilation of all known ancient Greek monuments to commemorate the battles of Marathon, Salamis, Artemisium, Thermopylae and Plataea.

Table of contents

• Copyright Info
• Cover
• Contents
• List of Figures
• Preface
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Figure 1 Establishing boundaries to the battlefield space (after Carman and Carman 2006: 135. Reproduced by kind permission of Dr John Carman).
• Chapter 4
• Table 1. Full monument list
• Table 2. Full monument list cont.
• Table 3. Cenotaphs
• Table 4. Trophies
• Table 5. Epigrams and epitaphs
• Table 6. Casualty lists
• Table 7. Collective burials
• Table 8. Commander burials
• Table 9. Spoils of war
• Table 10. Statues
• Table 11. Votive offerings
• Table 12. Altars
• Table 13. Sacred precincts, temples and stoas
• Table 14. Non-religious structures
• Table 15. Military vow
• Table 16. Oaths
• Table 17. Behavioural commemoration
• Table 18. Other
• Chapter 5
• Table 19. Confidence attributed to the acceptance of each monument
• Table 20. Confidence attributed to the acceptance of each monument cont.
• Figure 2 Athenian burial mound at Marathon (author’s own photograph).
• Figure 3 Plataean burial mound (author’s own photograph).
• Figure 4 Athenian trophy at Marathon (author’s own photograph).
• Figure 5. Inscribed stele mentioning the Herakleia (author’s own photograph).
• Figure 6. Herakleia inscription (author’s own photograph).
• Figure 7 Athenian treasury at Delphi (author’s own photograph).
• Figure 8 Stone A I (I 303 a, Agora Excavations, The American School of Classical Studies at Athens).
• Figure 10 Stone B (after Clairmont 1983: pl.13, 7b. Reproduced by kind permission of BAR Publishing).
• Figure 9 Stone A II (I 303 b, Agora Excavations, The American School of Classical Studies at Athens).
• Figure 11 Squared block on Salamis (author’s own photograph).
• Figure 12 Corinthian epitaph from Salamis (author’s own photograph).
• Figure 13 Burial Mound on Salamis (author’s own photograph).
• Table 21. Provisions of the Oath of Plataea
• Figure 14 Drawing of boundary stone (after Skia 1917: 161).
• Figure 15 Section of Acropolis wall displaying Temple of Athena Polias’ entablature (after Kousser 2009: 270. Reproduced by kind permission of Professor Rachel Kousser).
• Figure 16 Section of Acropolis Wall displaying column drums of the Older Parthenon (after Kousser 2009: 271. Reproduced by kind permission of Professor Rachel Kousser).