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Performing the past : Salamis, naval contests and the Athenian Ephebeia
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Newby, Zahra (2017) Performing the past : Salamis, naval contests and the Athenian Ephebeia. In: Dijkstra, Tamara M. and Kuin, Inger N. I. and Moser, Muriel and Weidgenannt, David, (eds.) Strategies of Remembering in Greece Under Rome (100 BC - 100 AD). Nederlands Instituut.; Publications of the Netherlands Institute at Athens . Leiden : Sidestone Press, pp. 83-95. ISBN 9789088904806
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Abstract
A number of ephebic reliefs displayed in Athens during the late first to third centuries AD feature references to a naumachia in either words or images. This paper explores the history to these reliefs by looking at the roles played by Athenian ephebes in naval displays during the late Hellenistic period, and at the changes which occurred in both terminology and display under the Roman Empire. In both the late Hellenistic and the Roman period there is a clear association made between naval activities and the memory of the battle of Salamis in 480 BC. The rituals performed by the Athenian ephebes during festivals and at sites associated with this famous sea-battle ensured its continued memory throughout this period. Yet we also find an increased emphasis on the martial nature of the ephebes’ activities, through use of the term naumachia, during the Roman period, which made the link to Salamis increasingly specific, perhaps in relation to the sponsorship and interests of Roman emperors.
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DF Greece | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Classics and Ancient History | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Ephebia , Salamis, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C, Greece--History--Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C--Campaigns, War games, Naval | ||||||
| Series Name: | Nederlands Instituut.; Publications of the Netherlands Institute at Athens | ||||||
| Publisher: | Sidestone Press | ||||||
| Place of Publication: | Leiden | ||||||
| ISBN: | 9789088904806 | ||||||
| Book Title: | Strategies of Remembering in Greece Under Rome (100 BC - 100 AD) | ||||||
| Editor: | Dijkstra, Tamara M. and Kuin, Inger N. I. and Moser, Muriel and Weidgenannt, David | ||||||
| Official Date: | 12 December 2017 | ||||||
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| Number of Pages: | 285 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 83-95 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 16 January 2018 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 16 January 2018 | ||||||
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