The Stele of the Marathonomachoi (or ‘Stele of Loukou’)

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_3223
dc.title	The Stele of the Marathonomachoi (or ‘Stele of Loukou’)
dc.contributor.author	Proietti Giorgia
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/axon/2020/1/la-stele-dei-maratonomachi-o-stele-di-loukou/
dc.description.abstract	The ‘stele of the Marathonomachoi’ was found in 1999 in Herodes Atticus’ villa at Eua-Loukou, in the eastern Peloponnese. Dated on palaeographical grounds to the time of the Persian wars and attributed to the tomb of the Marathonomachoi on the battlefield, it has been alternatively dated shortly after 490, or during the ’70s. Developing some arguments which I have already discussed in previous articles, I here explore the possibility that the stele was originally inscribed with the casualty list of the Erechtheid tribe, while the epigram was added some time after 480-479. The stele would therefore represent two different phases of the historical memory of the Marathon battle.
dc.relation.ispartof	Axon
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 4 \| Issue 1 \| June 2020
dc.issued	2020-06-22
dc.dateAccepted	2020-03-21
dc.dateSubmitted	2020-03-04
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2532-6848
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/Axon/2532-6848/2020/01/002
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Battaglia di Maratona
dc.subject	Battaglia di Maratona
dc.subject	Epigramma
dc.subject	Epigramma
dc.subject	Eua-Loukou
dc.subject	Eua-Loukou
dc.subject	Guerre Persiane
dc.subject	Guerre Persiane
dc.subject	Maratonomachi
dc.subject	Maratonomachi
dc.subject	Memoria
dc.subject	Memoria
dc.subject	Peloponneso
dc.subject	Peloponneso
dc.subject	Seconda Guerra Persiana
dc.subject	Seconda Guerra Persiana
dc.subject	Stele
dc.subject	Stele

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Giorgia Proietti Università di Trento, Italia

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The ‘stele of the Marathonomachoi’ was found in 1999 in Herodes Atticus’ villa at Eua-Loukou, in the eastern Peloponnese. Dated on palaeographical grounds to the time of the Persian wars and attributed to the tomb of the Marathonomachoi on the battlefield, it has been alternatively dated shortly after 490, or during the ’70s. Developing some arguments which I have already discussed in previous articles, I here explore the possibility that the stele was originally inscribed with the casualty list of the Erechtheid tribe, while the epigram was added some time after 480-479. The stele would therefore represent two different phases of the historical memory of the Marathon battle.

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June 22, 2020

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March 21, 2020

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March 4, 2020

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Keywords: Stele • Epigramma • Seconda Guerra Persiana • Memoria • Battaglia di Maratona • Guerre Persiane • Eua-Loukou • Maratonomachi • Peloponneso

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