Thespiae (/ˈθɛspi.iː/THESP-ee-ee; Ancient Greek: Θεσπιαί, romanized: Thespiaí) was an ancient Greek city (polis) in Boeotia. It stood on level ground commanded by the low range of hills which run eastward from the foot of Mount Helicon to Thebes, near modern Thespies.[1]
During the Second Persian invasion of Greece, Thespiae's 700 hoplites remained with the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae, fighting the Persians and allowing the Greek forces to retreat. It was one of the few Boeotian cities to stay loyal to Greece after the battle.[2] Although Thespian hoplites are popularly depicted with dark cloaks and crescent shields, no evidence supports their historical accuracy.[3] In Ancient Greece, Thespiae rivaled Thebes and survived through the Roman Empire.[2]
^Chisholm 1911.
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^Markloulakis, Nikolaos (2007-10-27). "What the Thespian hoplites looked like?". Sparta: Journal of Ancient Spartan and Greek History. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
Thespiae (/ˈθɛspi.iː/ THESP-ee-ee; Ancient Greek: Θεσπιαί, romanized: Thespiaí) was an ancient Greek city (polis) in Boeotia. It stood on level ground...
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was located upon Mount Helicon, less than seven and a half miles west of Thespiae. According to a lost poetic Atthis by one Hegesinous, a maiden by the name...
region, who is named on an inscription from the Valley of the Muses at Thespiae. Curtis 2003, p. xvii. Hinz 2006. "statue; Vénus de Milo". Musée du Louvre...
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AD, Pliny had described two marble versions of a Cupid (Eros), one at Thespiae and a nude at Parium, where it was the stained object of erotic fascination...
this alone does not explain the fact that they remained; the remainder of Thespiae was successfully evacuated before the Persians arrived there. It seems...
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