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Commemorating conflict : Greek mounuments of the Persian wars / Xavier Duffy.

"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...

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Main Author: Duffy, Xavier (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing, [2018]
Series:Archaeopress archaeology.
Subjects:
War memorials > Greece > History > To 1500.
Memorialization > Greece.
Greece > History > Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C.
Greece > History > Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C. > Monuments.
Persian Wars (Greece : 500-449 B.C.)
Memorialization.
Monuments.
War memorials.
Greece.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • ch. 1 Introduction
  • 1.1. Aim
  • 1.2. What were the Persian Wars?
  • ch. 2 Contextualising the Commemorations of the Persian Wars
  • 2.1. Reliability of the Evidence
  • 2.2. Commemoration in Ancient Greece
  • 2.2.1. Athenian Dominance
  • 2.2.2. Looking beyond Athens
  • 2.2.3. Commemorative Monumentalisation
  • 2.3. Commemoration of the Persian Wars
  • ch. 3 Commemorative Groups and Commemorative Places
  • 3.1. Commemorative Groups
  • 3.1.1. The Polis
  • 3.1.2. The Delphic Amphictyony
  • 3.1.3. Pan-Hellenic / Pan-Hellenism
  • 3.2. Commemorative Places
  • 3.2.1. Battlefield
  • 3.2.2. Urban centre
  • 3.2.3. Pan-Hellenic Sanctuary
  • 3.2.4. Other
  • ch. 4 Monuments by Type
  • 4.1. What is a Monument?
  • 4.2. Monument Types
  • 4.2.1. Cenotaphs
  • 4.2.2. Trophies
  • 4.2.2.1. Perishable
  • 4.2.2.2. Permanent
  • 4.2.3. Inscriptions
  • 4.2.3.1. Epigrams
  • 4.2.3.2. Epitaphs
  • 4.2.3.3. Casualty Lists
  • 4.2.4. Burials
  • 4.2.4.1. Collective
  • 4.2.4.2. Commander
  • 4.2.5. Dedications
  • 4.2.5.1. Dedications of Spoils of War
  • 4.2.5.2. Statues
  • 4.2.5.3. Votive offerings
  • 4.2.6. Structures
  • 4.2.6.1. Altars
  • 4.2.6.2. Sacred Precincts, Temples and Stoas
  • 4.2.6.3. Non-Religious Structures
  • 4.2.7. Non-Physical Monuments
  • 4.2.7.1. Military Vow
  • 4.2.7.2. Oaths
  • 4.2.7.3. Behavioural Commemoration
  • 4.2.8. Other
  • ch. 5 The Monuments and the Evidence
  • 5.1. Assessing the Evidence
  • 5.2.The Monuments
  • Marathon: Nos. 1-20
  • Artemisium: Nos. 21 and 22
  • Thermopylae: Nos. 23-33
  • Salamis: Nos. 34-48
  • Plataea: Nos. 49-79
  • General: Nos. 80-105.

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