Contents

List of Plates, Tables, and Charts

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations and Other Prefatory Matters

Introduction

Chapter 1 Geography and Landscape (Plates I–V, VII–X)

1 Overview of the Pharsalian Territory

2 The Pharsalian Hill Country: Anatomy of a Borderland

Chapter 2 The Site (Plates VI, VIII–XXII)

1 Description

1.1 Approach

1.2 The Site (Lower Level)

1.3 The Site (Upper Level)

2 Interpretation

2.1 Approach

2.2 The Sacred Garden

2.3 The Stairway

2.4 The Forecourt and Its Structures

2.5 The Roof

2.6 The Cave

3 Conclusions

Chapter 3 The Votives (Plates XXV–XXXV)

1 Discovery

2 Excavations

3 Catalog of Objects

4 Appendix: Unpublished Objects

5 Conclusions

6 Charts

Chapter 4 The Inscriptions (Plates XXIII–XXIV)

1 Inscription I

1.1 Epigraphical Overview

1.2 Text and Translation

1.3 Metrical Conspectus

1.4 Commentary

1.5 Conclusions

2 Inscription II

2.1 Epigraphical Overview

2.2 Text and Translation

2.3 Metrical and Stylistic Conspectus

2.4 Commentary

2.5 Conclusions (Pantalces: Construction of a Cult Founder)

Conclusion

Bibliography

Indices

Index of Sources

Index of Names

Index of Geographical Names

Plates