Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos [Kietas viršelis]

"This book asks why politically-powerful entities invested in the Amphiareion, a sanctuary renowned for its precarity and dependency. The answer lies in unravelling the intricacies of the shrine's epigraphical record and the stories about the communitiesand individuals responsible for creating it. By explaining patterns in inscribed display against the backdrop of broader events and phenomena emerging within central Greece, this book revisits the Amphiareion's narrative and emphasises its political implications for its neighbours. This interpretation offers new perspectives on the sanctuary and exposes agents' manipulation of it in the course of reinventing their self-image in a changing Greek world"--

Wilding asks why politically powerful entities invested in the Amphiareion-a sanctuary in Oropos devoted to the mythical Argive hero and divine figure Amphiaraos-that was renowned for its precarity and dependency. She finds the answer by unraveling the intricacies of the shrine's epigraphical record and the stories about the communities and individuals responsible for creating it. Casting patterns in inscribed display against the backdrop of broader events and phenomena emerging with central Greece, she revisits the Amphiareion's narrative, and emphasizes its political implications for its neighbors. From this interpretation, she draw new perspectives on the sanctuary, and exposes the manipulation of it by agents seeking to reinvent their self-image in a changing Greek world. The study began as her 2017 PhD dissertation at the University of Manchester. Annotation ©2022 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

This book revisits the narrative of the Amphiareion through comprehensive analysis of its monuments; it exposes the sanctuary’s function as an arena for political rediscovery and intercommunal association for individuals and communities within Attica and central Greece.