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Oxford Classical Dictionary
Inventory of Poleis
What is ArcGIS?
First Layer: Cities and Topography
Second Layer: Regions
Third Layer: People
Fourth Layer: Movement
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Oxford Classical Dictionary
Edited by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth.
List of thousands of famous Greek and Roman
citizens (as well as books, ideas, mythical
figures, wars, etc.)
Oxford Classical Dictionary
Thrasybulus
(d. 388 BC) son of Lycus, Athenian general and statesman. From the deme of Steiria. In
411 he was a leader of the democratic state formed by the navy at Samos in
opposition to the Four Hundred. He was responsible for the recall of Alcibiades
and contributed largely to the naval success of the following years. He was
banished by the Thirty Tyrants and fled to Thebes where he organized a band of 70
exiles and occupied Phyle (late autumn, 404). When his followers had increased to
a thousand, he seized the Piraeus and defeated the troops of the Thirty. Thanks to
an amnesty proclaimed at the instance of Sparta, he led his men to Athens, and
the democracy was restored. During the Corinthian War he played a prominent
part in reviving Athenian imperialism, and in 389/8 he commanded a fleet which
gained many allies but suffered from lack of financial support. At Aspendus his
troops plundered the natives, who murdered him in his tent. Thrasybulus showed
ability and gallantry as a military leader. He was a staunch champion of democracy
but was wise enough to make concessions in order to restore Athenian unity. In his
last years he failed to appreciate that the imperialistic policy to which he gave his
support was far beyond the material resources of Athens at the time.
An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis
An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the
Danish National Research Foundation
By Mogens Herman Hansen and Thomas Heine
Nielsen
An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis
Epidauros (Epidaurios) Map 58. Lat. 36.45, long. 23.00. Size of territory: 2? Type: A.
(S3). The toponym is επιδαυρος (Thuc. 4.56.2,6.105.2;PS.-Skylax 46), distinguished
from its famous homonym in the Argolid by the addition of η Αιμηρα (Thuc. 4.56.2,
6.105.2; cf. Strabo 8.61: ν Αιμηρα, ‘Επιδαηρος, citing Artemidoros). The city ethnic
is ‘Επιδαύριος, restored in IG v.1 931.24-25… for the attribution to Epidauros
Limera…and occurs on votives from the Hyperteleaton…In a proxeny decree of one
of the poleis of Keos. Epidauros is called a polis in the urban sense by Ps.-Skylax 46
the first references to it as a polis in the political sense are Hellenistic. The proxeny
decree from Keos is the only example of the external individual use of the cityethnic. Ps.-Skylax 46 lists the city under Αακεδαιμων εθνος… its territory is not
directly named, but Thucydides refers to it being ravaged by the Athenians. It is
presumed to have been a perioikic polis; in Thuc. 6.105.2 an attack upon it is an
attack upon the Lakedaimonians. Its C2 boundary dispute with Zarax is recorded in
IG v.1 931 (supra); in Paus. 3.23.6 its territory matches with that of Boia (no. 237).
According to Paus, Epidauros Limera was founded by envoys from Asklepieion of
Argolic Epidauros. If true, this would imply a date after c. 500. Pausianias records
various features in the town and its territory (3.23.7-10). The fortificaiton walls on
the acropolis may be C5 in part, with an extension possibly in C4m. The fortified
area enclosed the lower town was probably much more extensive.
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What is ArcGIS?
ArcGIS is a software program that plots
datapoints in 3D space.
Its all about layers of data
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Continent Outline
Regions
First Layer: Cities and Topography
Epidauros (Epidaurios) Map 58. Lat. 36.45, long. 23.00. Size of territory: 2? Type: A.
(S3). The toponym is επιδαυρος (Thuc. 4.56.2,6.105.2;PS.-Skylax 46), distinguished
from its famous homonym in the Argolid by the addition of η Αιμηρα (Thuc. 4.56.2,
6.105.2; cf. Strabo 8.61: ν Αιμηρα, ‘Επιδαηρος, citing Artemidoros). The city ethnic
is ‘Επιδαύριος, restored in IG v.1 931.24-25… for the attribution to Epidauros
Limera…and occurs on votives from the Hyperteleaton…In a proxeny decree of one
of the poleis of Keos. Epidauros is called a polis in the urban sense by Ps.-Skylax 46
the first references to it as a polis in the political sense are Hellenistic. The proxeny
decree from Keos is the only example of the external individual use of the cityethnic. Ps.-Skylax 46 lists the city under Αακεδαιμων εθνος… its territory is not
directly named, but Thucydides refers to it being ravaged by the Athenians. It is
presumed to have been a perioikic polis; in Thuc. 6.105.2 an attack upon it is an
attack upon the Lakedaimonians. Its C2 boundary dispute with Zarax is recorded in
IG v.1 931 (supra); in Paus. 3.23.6 its territory matches with that of Boia (no. 237).
According to Paus, Epidauros Limera was founded by envoys from Asklepieion of
Argolic Epidauros. If true, this would imply a date after c. 500. Pausianias records
various features in the town and its territory (3.23.7-10). The fortificaiton walls on
the acropolis may be C5 in part, with an extension possibly in C4m. The fortified
area enclosed the lower town was probably much more extensive.
First Layer: Cities and Topography
1,360 total cities
1,016 Greek Poleis
344 Roman Cities
First Layer: Cities and Topography
First Layer: Cities and Topography
Second Layer: Regions
SecondLayer: Regions
Third Layer: People
Thrasybulus
(d. 388 BC) son of Lycus, Athenian general and statesman. From the deme of Steiria. In
411 he was a leader of the democratic state formed by the navy at Samos in
opposition to the Four Hundred. He was responsible for the recall of Alcibiades
and contributed largely to the naval success of the following years. He was
banished by the Thirty Tyrants and fled to Thebes where he organized a band of 70
exiles and occupied Phyle (late autumn, 404). When his followers had increased to
a thousand, he seized the Piraeus and defeated the troops of the Thirty. Thanks to
an amnesty proclaimed at the instance of Sparta, he led his men to Athens, and
the democracy was restored. During the Corinthian War he played a prominent
part in reviving Athenian imperialism, and in 389/8 he commanded a fleet which
gained many allies but suffered from lack of financial support. At Aspendus his
troops plundered the natives, who murdered him in his tent. Thrasybulus showed
ability and gallantry as a military leader. He was a staunch champion of democracy
but was wise enough to make concessions in order to restore Athenian unity. In his
last years he failed to appreciate that the imperialistic policy to which he gave his
support was far beyond the material resources of Athens at the time.
ThirdLayer: People
Primary Name
Secondary Name
Father’s Name
Birthplace
Birth Code
Certainty of Birthplace
Work/Living Place
Work/Living Code
Endeavor
Endeavor Code
Latitude
Longitude
Region
Region_ID
Count_Region
Count_City
Era
Century
City_Fame
Person_Fame
Thrasybulus
[NONE]
Lycus
Athens
361
1
Athens
361
General
412
38
23.75
Attika
20
208
198
6
NA
20.7
0.4
ThirdLayer: People
Third Layer: People
Third Layer: People
Fourth Layer: Movement
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What new variables could we add
to poleis?
Athenian empire member
amount of tribute.
Peloponnesian League member
Persian empire dependency
Koinon member
Port or landlocked
Decrees in Rhodes/Lewis
Supra-local religious shrine, festival, oracle, etc.
Victories in each of the Panathenaic festivals
Date of coinage adoption
Number of major changes in coin type over time
Treasury at Delphi
Taxation Structures
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What new variables could we add
to poleis?
Elevation
Rainfall
Crops
Mineral Resources
Limitations of Data
• Accuracy of Latitude/Longitude of less well
attested locations
• Empty Cells (no birthplace, etc.)
• Classical vs. Hellenistic people/places
recorded differently