The epigraphy and history of Boeotia : new finds, new prospects
Contents Preface Abbreviations List of Contributors Introduction Section I: Boeotian History: New Interpretations 1. Hans Beck: "Ethnic Identity and Integration in Boeotia: the Evidence of the Inscriptions (6th and 5th Centuries BC)" 2. Emily Mackil: "Creating a Common Polity in Boeotia" 3. Denis Knoepfler: "EPSILONCHITHETAOMICRONNUDELTAEPSILON TAUALPHASIGMA BETAOMICRONIOTAOMEGATAUIOTAALPHASIGMA: The Expansion of the Boeotian Koinon towards Central Euboia in the Early Third Century BC" 4. Adrian Robu: "Between Macedon, Achaea and Boeotia: The Epigraphy of Hellenistic Megara Revisited" 5. Christel Muller: "A Koinon after 146? Reflections on the Political and Institutional Situation of Boeotia in the Second Half of the Second Century BC" Section II: The New Epigraphy of Thebes 6. Vassilios L. Aravantinos: "The Inscriptions from the Sanctuary of Herakles at Thebes: An Overview" 7. Angelos P. Matthaiou: "Four Inscribed Bronze Tablets from Thebes: Preliminary Notes." 8. Nikolaos Papazarkadas: "Two New Epigrams from Thebes" 9. Margherita Bonanno-Aravantinos: "New Inscribed Funerary Monuments from Thebes" Section III: Boeotian Epigraphy: Beyond Thebes 10. Albert Schachter: "Tlepolemos in Boeotia" 11. Yannis Kalliontzis: "Digging in Storerooms for Inscriptions: An Unpublished Casualty List from Plataia in the Museum of Thebes and the Memory of War in Boeotia" 12. Robert Pitt: "Just As It Has Been Written: Inscribing Building Contracts at Lebadeia" 13. Claire Grenet: "Manumission in Hellenistic Boeotia: New Considerations on the Chronology of the Inscriptions" 14. Isabelle Pernin: "Land Administration and Property Law in the Proconsular Edict from Thisbe (Syll.3 884)" Index Locorum General Index
Excavations at Haliartos, 1926
A Permit was granted for the School to carry out a trial excavation at Haliartos in Boeotia with the object of establishing the plan of the ancient walls of the city and testing the future possibilities of the site. Digging was begun on March 30th on the west wall of the Acropolis—Mr. Woodward being present to direct operations for the first two days. Five men were employed at first, but after the opening week the number was raised to six. For about a fortnight the workmen were employed in determining the lines of the walls of the Acropolis. It was found impossible in the limited time available for the excavation to include the outer town walls in the investigation. For the second fortnight the men were chiefly engaged in excavating a sanctuary and adjacent buildings which were discovered within the Acropolis. Work was continued until April 28th.
Urban Identities and Catastrophe: Izmir and Salonica at the End of the Ottoman Empire*
Two huge fires dramatically influenced the urban development of Salonica and Izmir, in 1917 and in 1922, respectively. These catastrophes occurred after the Ottoman Empire fell, and Salonica and Izmir had shifted into new national contexts. The fires mainly destroyed the districts that were transformed during the late‐Ottoman period. These districts became the cosmopolitan façades of modern Izmir and Salonica. The post‐fires' tabula rasa provided an opportunity for Greek and Turkish politicians and European planners to change the urban identity of both cities. Moreover, the Lausanne Treaty of 1923 transformed their multicultural societies also. Reconstruction plans had been thought to de‐Ottomanize and remove the previous idea of the towns and their multiplicity, interpreting new cultural and nationalist feeling. Here, I emphasize how modernity was interpreted before and after the fires, and point out contradictions between ideological aspects of planning and how the first urban districts were built during the 1920s.