Tanagra (Boeotia) 108 SE Kerykeion - Τάναγρα

Τάναγρα - Tanagra, Archaic walled polis N of Ag. Thomas at the base of Mt. Kerykeion in Viotia Central Greece
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Latitude: 38.307400
Longitude: 23.584100
Confidence: High (20150509)

Greek name: Τάναγρα
Place ID: 383236PTan
Time period: A
Region: Central Greece
Country: Greece
Department: Viotia
Mod: SE Kerykeion

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Read summary reports on the recent excavations at Tanagra in Chronique des fouilles en ligne – Archaeology in Greece Online.
Search for inscriptions mentioning Tanagra (Ταναγ...) in the PHI Epigraphy database.
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Modern Description: A Mycenaean chamber tomb cemetery, in use between 1400 and 1200 BC. The painted clay larnakes in which the dead were inhumed are unique in mainland Greece. Some are decorated with scenes of lamentation and burial.
Tanagra was the birthplace of the poetess Korinna.
The ancient city was located at Grimada, 2 km SW of Schimatari and 4 km SE of the village of Vratsi. The ancient theatre has been uncovered and part of the fortification to a considerable height although it is cut through by the water-supply network. The graves found in the city's cemetery, from Geometric (9th-8th century BC) until Hellenistic times (3rd-1st century BC) were richly furnished. Outstanding among the finds are the so-called 'Tanagraians', terracotta female figurines produced in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC in a wide range of variations.
Perhaps an episcopal see in the Early Byzantine period. Remains of an Early Christian basilica with parts of a mosaic floor have been found. Christian inscriptions of the late 4th (mentioning a church dedicated to the Holy Trinity) and 5th centuries.
The finds are exhibited in the Thebes Archaeological Museum.
Wikidata ID: Q56259452
Trismegistos Geo: 2247
Manto: 10191984
DARE: 22779

Info: Archaeological Atlas of the Aegean
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Palaephatus, On Unbelievable Things§51  of Poseidon and Alcyone, one of the daughters of Atlas, dwelt in Tanagra of Boeotia. He was extremely hospitable and once entertained the gods. Zeus -1000
Statius, Thebaid§7.243  Phorbas thus replied: 'Dryas, look! leads forth a thousand archers from cold Tanagra 's hill: he whose snow-white armour bears a trident and a fire-brand -1000
Statius, Thebaid§9.103  his close comrade. Then he transfixes Cydon the Phocian, and Phalanthus of Tanagra, and Eryx, the latter as he turns rearward in search of -1000
Statius, Thebaid§9.736  Whom now slayest thou, ruthless boy, with thy Parrhasian horn? Coroebus of Tanagra, did thy first shaft lay low, sped on a narrow path -1000
Orphic Argonautica§138  son of Naubolus, who ruled over Phocis and the fortified tower of Tanagra . Laodocus, Talaus, and Areius came, the famous sons of Bias by -1000
D Scholia to the Iliad§18.486d  the son of Poseidon and Alcyone (one of Atlas’ daughters), lived in Tanagra in Boiotia. Being an excellent host, he once even welcomed gods into -1000
Tzetzes, Ad Lycophronem§326  hollow places. Poemandria is a city of Boeotia which is also called Tanagra, where the best cows are born from Tanagra; for Poemandros was [3 hits] -1000
Tzetzes, Ad Lycophronem§644  'Temmikes' of the Boeotians from Mount Temmicus †T †'Graia' is now called Tanagra, a city in Boeotia. Leontarne is a city in Boeotia. It -1000
Tzetzes, Ad Lycophronem§679  or white; for among the Boeotians, White Hermes is honored; for the Tanagraeans, being warred upon by the Eretrians, sacrificed a boy and a -1000
Nonnus, Dionysiaca§4.331  sacred robe of Leto and attempted violence. He set a footstep on Tanagra bottom; and passing from Coroneia to the soil of Haliartos, he came -1000
Nonnus, Dionysiaca§44.1  hearing the tune of the drooning pipes formed congregations for Pan at Tanagra . A fountain bubbled on the spot where the horse's wet hoof -1000
Herodotus, Histories§5.57  which is now called Boeotia, and they dwelt in the district of Tanagra, which they had had allotted to them in that land. Then -500
Herodotus, Histories§5.79  said: 'Surely those who dwell nearest to us are the men of Tanagra and Coroneia and Thespiai; and these always fight zealously on our side -500
Sibylline Oracles§3.420  Sinope, Smyrna, Myrina, Most happy Gaza, Hierapolis, Astypalaia; and in Europe — Tanagra [?], Clitor[?], Basilis[?], Meropeia[?], Antigone, 430 Magnesian, Mykene, Oiantheia[?]. Know then that -500
Herodotus, Histories§9.15  these were his guides along the road to Sphendaleis and thence to Tanagra . So having encamped for the night at Tanagra and on the [2 hits] -479
Herodotus, Histories§9.35  Messenians at Ithome; and last of all that which took place at Tanagra against the Athenians and Argives. This, I say, was accomplished last of -479
Herodotus, Histories§9.43  know had reference to the Persians. Now the river Thermodon flows between Tanagra and Glisas. -479
Aristotle, Constitution of Athens§25  got rid of, being treacherously murdered not long afterwards by Aristodicus of Tanagra . So the council of the Areopagitae was in this way deprived -470
Diodorus Siculus, Library 8-40§11.80.2  having information of the plans of the Athenians, took the route to Tanagra in Boeotia. The Athenians advanced into Boeotia and formed in line of -458
Diodorus Siculus, Library 8-40§11.81.3  since they had at the time a large army in readiness at Tanagra, they increased the extent of the circuit wall of Thebes and -457
Diodorus Siculus, Library 8-40§11.82.4  his time, namely, Themistocles, Miltiades, and Cimon.5 Myronides after this victory took Tanagra by siege, levelled its walls, and then he passed through all Boeotia, -457
Thucydides, Peloponnesian War§1.108  became masters of Boeotia and Phocis. They dismantled the walls of the Tanagraeans, took a hundred of the richest men of the Opuntian Locrians [2 hits] -450
Plutarch, Life of Pericles§Per.10.1  years' banishment. But in the meanwhile the Lacedemonians invaded the district of Tanagra with a great army, and the Athenians straightway sallied out against them. -450
Plutarch, Life of Pericles§Per.10.6  laid plots against him, and had him slain secretly by Aristodicus of Tanagra, as Aristotle says. As for Cimon, he died on his campaign -450
Plutarch, Life of Cimon§Cim.17.3  that the Lacedemonians, after freeing the Delphians from the Phocians, encamped at Tanagra on their march back home. Here the Athenians confronted them, bent on -450
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