1977/12/01 by John Buckler · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History #Archaeology and Historical Studies #Classical Antiquity Studies
paper · doi:10.1017/s000983880003562x
openalex publication_date 1977/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
This incident has never found its place either in the history of the Theban hegemony or in the life of Epameinondas, and even Jacoby's commentary on the the fragment sheds virtually no light on the matter. The first problem is to determine the location of Sidai, and the only clues tothat are the fact that the pomegranate grew there in abundance and that the place was on the Boiotian-Attic border. Although the early travellers are generally silent on this subject, C. Bursian suggested that Sidai was located in the fertile Skourta plain or else in the Oropia, and in this he was followed by Zwicker in RE .