Coroneia (Boeotia)
Coroneia (
Coroneia is mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships of the Iliad, in conjunction with Haliartus.[5]
In historical times several important battles were fought in the plain in front of the town. It was here that in the
Pausanias says that the most remarkable objects in Coroneia were altars of Hermes Epimelius and of the winds, and a little below them the temple of Hera. The principal remains of the ancient city are those of the theatre, of the temple of Hera, and of the agora.[13] Coroneia minted its own coins, which are very rare, featuring the Boeotian shield on one side, and on the other a full-faced mask or Gorgonian head, with the epigraph graph KOPO.[14]
Its site is located near modern Palaia Koroneia.[15]
References
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. pp. 407, 411. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p.411. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Pausanias (1918). "34.1". Description of Greece. Vol. 9. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
- ^ Pausanias (1918). "34.7". Description of Greece. Vol. 9. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library. et seq.
- ^ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.503.
- ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 1.113.
- ^ Xenophon. Hellenica. Vol. 4.3.15, et seq.
- ^ Plutarch Ages. 17.
- ^ Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). Vol. xvi, 35, 58.
- ^ Dem. de Pac. p. 62, Philip. ii. p. 69.
- ^ Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 20.7, 27.1, 29.6.
- Ab urbe condita Libri[History of Rome]. Vol. 33.29, 42.44, 67.
- ^ Pausanias (1918). "34.3". Description of Greece. Vol. 9. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
- ^ Dodwell, vol. ii. p. 132, et seq.; Forchhammer, Hellenika, p. 185.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Coroneia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.