Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Ctesias and the Importance of His Writings Revisited
- Thessaly and Macedon at Delphi
- The Importance of the Hoplite Army in Aeneas Tacticus’ Polis
- The Ptolemies versus the Achaean and Aetolian Leagues in the 250s-220s BC
- Documentary Contexts for the ‘Pistiros Inscription’
- The Alleged Failure of Athens in the Fourth Century
- How Many Companions did Philip II have?
- Remarks on Aristotle's Thettalon politeia
- Internal Politics in Syracuse, 330-317 BC
- Notes on a Stratagem of Iphicrates in Polyaenus and Leo Tactica
- Discussions
Thessaly and Macedon at Delphi
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Ctesias and the Importance of His Writings Revisited
- Thessaly and Macedon at Delphi
- The Importance of the Hoplite Army in Aeneas Tacticus’ Polis
- The Ptolemies versus the Achaean and Aetolian Leagues in the 250s-220s BC
- Documentary Contexts for the ‘Pistiros Inscription’
- The Alleged Failure of Athens in the Fourth Century
- How Many Companions did Philip II have?
- Remarks on Aristotle's Thettalon politeia
- Internal Politics in Syracuse, 330-317 BC
- Notes on a Stratagem of Iphicrates in Polyaenus and Leo Tactica
- Discussions
Summary
Abstract: The Daochos Monument at Delphi has received some scholarly attention from an arthistorical and archaeological perspective; this article, however, examines it rather as a reflection of contemporary Thessalian history and discourse, an aspect which has been almost entirely neglected. Through its visual imagery and its inscriptions, the monument adopts and adapts longstanding Thessalian themes of governance and identity, and achieves a delicate balance with Macedonian concerns to forge a symbolic rapprochement between powers and cultures in the Greek north. Its dedicator, Daochos, emerges as far more than just the puppet of Philip II of Macedon. This hostile and largely Demosthenic characterisation, which remains influential even in modern historiography, is far from adequate in allowing for an understanding of the relationship between Thessalian and Macedonian motivations at this time, or of the importance of Delphi as the pan-Hellenic setting of their interaction. Looking closely at the Daochos Monument allows for a rare glimpse into the Thessalian perspective in all its complexity.
Keywords: Daochos, Philip II of Macedon, the Daochos Monument, Delphi, Thessaly.
Introduction
Reconstructing Thessaly's early involvement in Delphi and its Amphiktyony draws the scholar towards the shimmering mirage of Archaic Thessalian history. Like all mirages, it is alluring, and represents something which the viewer wishes keenly to find: in this case an ambitious, powerful, energetic Thessaly extending its influence outside its own borders and claiming a stake in wider Greek affairs.
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- The Greek World in the 4th and 3rd Centuries BC , pp. 41 - 60Publisher: Jagiellonian University PressPrint publication year: 2012