par Chalazonitis, Ioannis
Editeur scientifique Mentizis, Aristeidis
Référence Conference of Local History of Mt. Paggaio(2: 19-21 October 2018: Eleutheroupolis), Paggaio II: Praktika tou Deuterou Synedriou Topikes Istorias, Municipality of Paggaio (forthcoming), Eleutheroupolis
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Résumé : In 1987, an Archaic Argive-type shield and shield-band were discovered in the sanctuary on the acropolis of Oisyme. It is the only one to come from a sanctuary of the Thasian sphere of influence and the earliest known example of its type in the north-eastern Aegean. Considered alongside earlier literary evidence, like the poems of Archilochus, it helps to trace the introduction and development of the hoplite panoply in Thasos and its peraea. The shield and shield-band can be dated to c.575-550 BC on the basis of their repoussé decoration. The dies employed show stylistic influence from a specific contemporary Peloponnesian workshop, yet they have no known exact parallels, despite depicting mythological themes common to the period. Metalworkers from the polis of Thasos and its peraea are likely to have imitated the products of southern workshops in much the same way that Thasian potters based their own early production on Greek wares. The deity worshipped in the Oisyme sanctuary was an ergane and/or a kourotrophic goddess, as Artemis and Athena at nearby Thasos, or the ‘Parthenos’ at neighbouring Neapolis. The limited number of weapons recovered from the sanctuary fits the statistical model for female poliad deities in smaller poleis. The shield should probably be interpreted as a personal gift, dedicated either by a retiring hoplite or as a thank offering after a military victory.This is an abridged version of https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068245418000060, intended for a lauman audience