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THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE REFOUNDATION OF THEBES: A NEW EPIGRAPHIC AND HISTORICAL ANALYSIS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2019

Yannis Kalliontzis  and
Nikolaos Papazarkadas
Yannis Kalliontzis*
Affiliation:
École française d'Athènes
Nikolaos Papazarkadas*
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley; University of Oxford, Corpus Christi
*
[email protected]
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Abstract

In the context of our ongoing work on the new corpus of Theban inscriptions (IG VII2, 4), we had the opportunity to study the famous inscription that records the contributions for the refoundation of Thebes after 315 bc. The inscription consists of two fragments, the first of which has been known since the nineteenth century, whereas the second was published very recently by Professor Buraselis. Following Buraselis’ publication, the two fragments were physically joined in the Archaeological Museum of Thebes, where the inscription is currently on display. Our article provides the first ever full epigraphic edition of both fragments after autopsy. It is accompanied by detailed epigraphic notes, new supplements, apparatus criticus and a full historical analysis. By combining the study of abundant literary and epigraphic sources, we have attempted to place the inscription in its historical context, correcting certain earlier scholarly assumptions, making new suggestions about the motivations of the numerous contributors, and examining the modalities of the refoundation of Thebes.

Οι δωρεές για την ανοικοδόμηση των Θηβών: μία νέα επιγραφική και ιστορική ανάλυση

Κατά τη διάρκεια της εργασίας μας για τη νέα έκδοση του συντάγματος των επιγραφών των Θηβών (IG VII2, 4), μελετήσαμε την περίφημη επιγραφή των δωρεών για την ανοικοδόμηση της πόλεως μετά το 315 π.Χ. Η επιγραφή αποτελείται από δύο θραύσματα, εκ των οποίων το ένα ήταν γνωστό ήδη από τα τέλη του 19ου αιώνα, ενώ το άλλο δημοσιεύθηκε πρόσφατα από τον καθ. κ. Κ. Μπουραζέλη. Μετά την δημοσίευση του καθ. Μπουραζέλη, τα δύο θραύσματα συγκολλήθηκαν στα πλαίσια της επανέκθεσης του Μουσείου της Θήβας, όπου και εκτίθενται. Το παρόν άρθρο παρουσιάζει την πρώτη πλήρη έκδοση και των δύο θραυσμάτων κατόπιν αυτοψίας. Συνοδεύεται από νέες παρατηρήσεις, συμπληρώσεις, κριτικό υπόμνημα και εμβριθή ιστορική ανάλυση. Ένας από τους στόχους της μελέτης μας είναι η τοποθέτηση της επιγραφής στα ιστορικά της συμφραζόμενα μέσω της συγκριτικής εξέτασης των σχετικών φιλολογικών και επιγραφικών μαρτυριών. Στο πλαίσιο αυτό εξελέγχουμε κάποιες παλαιότερες θεωρίες της έρευνας, προσκομίζουμε νέες ερμηνείες σχετικά με τα κίνητρα των συνεισφερόντων και επενεξετάζουμε τους μηχανισμούς επανίδρυσης των Θηβών.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 114 , November 2019 , pp. 293 - 315
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