The ancient sources have an univocal opinion about the Theban hegemony: it has been built not on a solid political and cultural tradition, but on a close connection with charismatic figures like Pelopidas and Epaminondas. Diodorus’ account of the Theban hegemony (book XV) agrees with this point of view; in particular, the destruction of the city of Orchomenos shows the very difficult relationship between Epaminondas and the other governing, as results on the base of XV 57, 1 and XV 79, 3-6.
Bertoli, M., Diodoro e l'egemonia tebana: il caso di Orcomeno, in Epitomati ed epitomatori: il crocevia di Diodoro Siculo, (Pavia, 21-22 April 2004), Edizioni New Press, Como 2005:<<Syggraphé 7>>, 125-135 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/9120]
Diodoro e l'egemonia tebana: il caso di Orcomeno
Bertoli, Marcello
2005
Abstract
The ancient sources have an univocal opinion about the Theban hegemony: it has been built not on a solid political and cultural tradition, but on a close connection with charismatic figures like Pelopidas and Epaminondas. Diodorus’ account of the Theban hegemony (book XV) agrees with this point of view; in particular, the destruction of the city of Orchomenos shows the very difficult relationship between Epaminondas and the other governing, as results on the base of XV 57, 1 and XV 79, 3-6.
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