Journal Articles by Konstantinos Karathanasis
Mnemosyne, 2023
Aristophanes' Ecclesiazusae is our major source on fourth-century Assembly proceedings in Athens,... more Aristophanes' Ecclesiazusae is our major source on fourth-century Assembly proceedings in Athens, so its reference to the vermilion-dyed rope (377-379) is key to our understanding of the use of the device in the years of the restored democracy. Based on that reference, while in the fifth century the vermilion-dyed rope was used to drive Athenians from the Agora into the Pnyx, scholars have assumed that in the fourth century its function shifted. This study argues that this assumption is untenable and that Ecclesiazusae in fact suggests that the vermilion-dyed rope retained its function across the centuries.
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Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 2020
In Athenian honorific decrees of the 5th century, grants of proxenia appear formulaically togethe... more In Athenian honorific decrees of the 5th century, grants of proxenia appear formulaically together with the recognition of the honorands’ euergesiai. In IG I³ 125, however, despite the record of two lavish benefactions, Epikerdes from Kyrene is never proclaimed a proxenos. This aberration has been explained as Epikerdes’ unwillingness to become an Athenian proxenos, or him being one already, or some other Kyrenean holding the honor. This paper argues not only that our records contradict these three hypotheses, but also that the enigmatic case of IG I³ 125 allows for a reevaluation of the parameters governing grants of proxenia. Specifically, after an examination of all proxenic decrees where the honorands' citizenship is preserved, it appears that Athens, as the center of an empire, recognized the services of non-Athenians, but reserved proxenic honors only for citizens of political entities that would promote its imperial ambitions.
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Hesperia, 2019
By 432 B.C., according to Thucydides' cursory account (1.57.2-3), the alliance of Athens with Per... more By 432 B.C., according to Thucydides' cursory account (1.57.2-3), the alliance of Athens with Perdikkas's internal enemies had precipitated a deterioration in the formerly amiable Atheno-Macedonian relations. The present paper focuses on this peculiar termination of goodwill with Perdikkas through the lens of timber commerce. The author maintains that Perdikkas effectively opposed Athenian imperialism by restricting his monopolistic supply of silver fir (Abies alba), since timber from this Abies species was an unrivaled resource for shipbuilding and, according to archaeobotanical data, was available only in Macedon. As a result, the shift of allegiance recorded by Thucydides emerges as part of an elaborate Athenian strategy that, among other advantages, would also facilitate access to invaluable shipbuilding resources.
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Thesis Chapters by Konstantinos Karathanasis
Dissertation Front Matter, 2022
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