Plataia between Light and Darkness

Thoughts on the Small Boiotian Polis as a Symbol of Unity and as a Paradigm of Disunity in Ancient Greece

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  • Kostas Buraselis

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/classicaetmediaevalia.vi1.145226

Abstract

The special significance of Plataia already before the famous battle of 479 BC (in the mythical tradition connected with its site) and afterwards in the vicissitudes of the inter-Greek developments after the Persian Wars is analyzed to illustrate the bipolar importance of site and city as both a celebrated, dexterously manipulated symbol of unity and a bitter paradigm of practical disunity in Greek history.

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2024-05-10

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Buraselis, K. (2024). Plataia between Light and Darkness: Thoughts on the Small Boiotian Polis as a Symbol of Unity and as a Paradigm of Disunity in Ancient Greece. Classica Et Mediaevalia, (1), 3–16. https://doi.org/10.7146/classicaetmediaevalia.vi1.145226

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No. 1 (2024): Supplement 1: Unity and diversity in ancient Greece: thoughts on the occasion of the 2500th anniversary of the Battle of Plataiai

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