Thebes : the forgotten city of ancient Greece /
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New York :
Abrams Press, an imprint of Abrams,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- Pre-history. Introduction: From myth to history ; City of myth: the Theban cycle ; City of prehistory and protohistory: archaeology, the Linear B tablets and Homer
- Archaic Thebes. Religion ; Politics
- Classical Thebes. Foreign affairs ; City of song: Pindar and Athenian tragedy ; The Peloponnesian and Corinthian wars ; Theban heyday: city of Epaminondas and Pelopidas
- Downfall. Battle of Chaeronea ; The destruction of Thebes
- Afterlife: The persistence of Oedipus. Thebes rebuilt ; Mythic revivals: the 'pigs' bite back ; Conclusion
- Afterword: A tribute to Peter Mayer.