Contested Plains

Sanctuaries

of the Argolid

in a Political

Context

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The Cases

The Sanctuary of Zeus- Nemea -Panhellenic Games

The Argive Heraion - Location

Epidaurus- Texts

The Sanctuary of Zeus and the Nemean games

And?...

Participation an implied truce

Every spectator and participant of the games considered part of the “United Nations of Greeks”

Argos sack of the Argive plain around 400 BCE shows movement of games to Argos. Kleonai practically disappears.

Perspective with the moderns

65 countries boycott the1980 Moscow games in lieu of Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Those who still participated from non-attending countries were represented by the Olympic flag. Similar to the “United Nation of Greeks”

USSR retaliates boycotting the 1984 L.A. games.

The Argive Heraion – The Temple of Hera

The Argive Plain

There and back again

Epidaurus and Text

Interstate Arbitration

Boundary Dispute with Korinth (242/241- 238/237 BCE)

Boundary dispute with Arsinoe (c. 228)

Boundary dispute with Hermione ( c. 200)

Inscriptions of the settlement of the disputes were displayedat both locations. Different dialects can show a bias in the arbitration while keeping the outcome the same

Other InscriptionsCharges to the Sanctuary

Conclusion in less heinous form of document