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This chapter re-constructs the form and function of theephēbeiain Hellenistic Megara, beginning with an examination of the city's military catalogues during its membership in the Boiotian League. Through comparison with other member cities, a detailed reconstruction of the Megarianephēbeiais advanced beginning with the period stretching from 224-193 BC, and then expanding to consider the potential origins of the city's ephebic program in its local context. Throughout, the place of theephēbeiain the local discourse environment of Megara is emphasized for its role in training subsequent generations of Megarian citizens who would go on to participate actively in the city's military and political life.

This chapter examines the local traditions (through Pausanias and Theognis), discourse environment, and positionality of Megara to establish abstract principles of the Megarian worldview, and then applies those principles to the local traditions in an attempt to present a cohesive account of Megarian myths from the earliest mythistorical times to the beginning of oligarchic government. An important discovery resulting from this is the general avoidance of all things Corinthian in Megarian narrative traditions.

In this paper, the author demonstrates that the Persian War stories told at Megara were parochial in nature not just because they evinced a focus on that polis, but also (and more importantly) because they conveyed a tone and outlook that were characteristically Megarian. The themes of fear and discord provide the basis for the present study. Although largely ignored in other parochial traditions across Greece, they feature prominently at Megara (particularly in the Theognidea) because they reflected social and political realities specific to that locality.

This paper presents a proposal for the date of the Antigonid military presence in Aegosthena near Megara, which is known only by a Megarian honorary decree for Boiotian Zoilos, the royal commander of the garrison (IG VII 1). The named king Demetrios in the inscription could be Poliorketes (306-284 BC) or his grandson, Demetrios II (239-229 BC). All the available evidences (philological, prosopographical, letters a.o.) are examined and the conclusion is that a date around 295-287 BC is the more preferable.

In this essay, the author argues that it is possible to recover from the historiographical tradition something of the Megarians' own account of their city's role in the defense of Greece against Persia. Reeves demonstrates that this Persian-War history of the Megarians was articulated and encoded through time by a distinctive community, using a set of idiosyncratic and local memes, and that contentions over the military participation and valour of Megarians in this international conflict constituted an important feature of emic Megarian discourse.

Dem Athener Nikias gelang es 427 v.Chr. die Insel Minoa zu besetzen, wodurch Megaras` Hafen blockiert wurde (s. Thuk. 3,51; vgl. Plut. Nik. 6,4. Mor. 345 d). Bald darauf kam es in Megara zu einer demokratischen Revolution, was dazu führte, dass viele Aristokraten in die Verbannung geschickt wurden (s. Thuk. 3,68,3; 4,66). Ein Teil der Verbannten hatte Pagai besetzt, was bedeutete, dass Megara nun von beiden Häfen abgeschnitten war. In dieser Notsituation beschlossen die Megarer, sich Athen – mittels Verrat – zu unterwerfen. Es gelang jedoch lediglich die Einnahme der langen Mauern, die Stadt selbst konnte nicht genommen werden, da der Plan verraten worden war.

Dem Athener Nikias gelang es 427 v.Chr. die Insel Minoa zu besetzen, wodurch Megaras` Hafen blockiert wurde (s. Thuk. 3,51; vgl. Plut. Nik. 6,4. Mor. 345 d). Bald darauf kam es in Megara zu einer demokratischen Revolution, was dazu führte, dass viele Aristokraten in die Verbannung geschickt wurden (s. Thuk. 3,68,3; 4,66). Ein Teil der Verbannten hatte Pagai besetzt, was bedeutete, dass Megara nun von beiden Häfen abgeschnitten war. In dieser Notsituation beschlossen die Megarer, sich Athen – mittels Verrat – zu unterwerfen. Es gelang jedoch lediglich die Einnahme der langen Mauern, die Stadt selbst konnte nicht genommen werden, da der Plan verraten worden war.

This book aims to offer a new interpretation of the settlement movement initiated by the city of Megara in archaic times. It shows the role of conflict between the aristocratic families for the departure of the Megarians and reveals the role of the heritage of the metropolis in the creation of institutions of colonial cities.