The Tradition of the Hellenic League against Xerxes

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ID9307737
AuthorsDavid C Yates (corresponding author), David Yates (0000-0002-2919-393X, Millsaps College 1701 North State St., Jackson, MS 39210, USA)
Year2015
Volume64
Issue1
Pages1-25
Publication date2015-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistoria (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0073-2435 • E-ISSN: 0717-7194
PublisherFranz Steiner Verlag (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.25162/historia-2015-0001
OpenAlexW2186742843
LanguageEN
Citations received14

In this paper the author demonstrates that the earlier and later sources for the Hellenic League understood that alliance quite differently. The later authorities depict a cohesive and durable organization managed by a powerful common council, while Herodotus and Thucydides present a more tenuous and temporary alliance that was largely dependent on Sparta. These versions are often combined in historical reconstructions, but the significant difference between the two suggests that they are not compatible. The later version is likely an invention of the fourth century and as such sheds considerable light on the tradition of the League, but not the historical League itself

Alliance · Ancient history · Archaeology · Economic history · League · Political science · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods

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