ISSN: 2700-3590
Teiresias Supplements Online is an open access venue for the publication of high-end research in Classical Studies. Supplementing the journal Teiresias Online Review and Bibliography of Boiotian Studies,
the mission of the series is to foster research on Central Greece and
its core region Boiotia. At the same time, the supplements have a wider
geographical range, branching out into the history and culture of the
Greek mainland and the Peloponnese, from the Bronze Age to Late
Antiquity. Read more.
Teiresias Supplements Online is a publication out of
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany. It offers a swift
two-step reviewing process. A detailed proposal is first examined by the
advisory board, and, if successful, the editors will forward the
submitted manuscript for peer review.
All inquiries and submissions should be directed to the series editors Fabienne Marchand and Hans Beck.
Salvatore Tufano: Boiotia from Within. The Beginnings of Boiotian Historiography. TSO Vol. 2, 2019.
Boiotians are not known as the most cultivated people. In Greek
antiquity, they were widely viewed as backward. The legacy continues: in
several modern languages, the term ‘Boiotian’ may be used as a synonym
for ‘boorish' or 'rude.’ This volume challenges this reading through the
study of a specific cultural output: historiography. Not only, in fact,
did Boiotia give birth to memorable authors such as Pindar and
Plutarch, but there was also a lively historiographical scene. Between
the end of the fifth century BCE and the years of the Theban Hegemony
(371-362 BCE), this literary genre developed gradually in the region,
speaking to a series of critical societal themes: who are the Boiotians?
What do they believe? Why do the fighting roosters of Tanagra wear iron
sticks? Through a detailed commentary on the fragments of the first
historiographers of Boiotia (Hellanikos, Armenidas, Aristophanes, and
Daimachos), the author brings to life the local history of the region.
The volume unlocks a body of evidence, local historiography, which is of
pivotal importance for a multi-facetted approach to ancient Boiotia -
from within.
Published:
2019-08-10
Hans Beck and Philip J. Smith (eds): Megarian Moments. The Local World of an Ancient Greek City-State. TSO Vol. 1, 2018.
Situated
near the main traffic artery in Central Greece and surrounded by poleis
that were more powerful, the city-state of Megara was often a punching
bag of others. In neighbouring Athens in particular, the Megarians were
subject to all sorts of slander. The people of Megara, by default, had
their own assessment of the world and their role in it. A highway to
others, the Megarid, was a rich source of meaning and orientation to its
inhabitants. This local backdrop, often misunderstood as petty or
irrelevant, constituted a unique local discourse environment. Rather
than telling a narrative history of Megara – unravelling its local
history, as it were –, this volume delves into the local discourse of
this ancient city. The various contributions all shed light on the
prevailing identity of place, on what it meant to be from Megara. In
doing so, the book unpacks the vibrant local life in a Greek city-state.
In their endeavour to break the code of a local discourse and recreate
its environment, the editors and authors also invite readers to rethink
approximations toward the pluriverse of poleis in Greek Antiquity.