John M. Fossey, D ès L (Lyon II, 1976), FRSC, FSA, is Emeritus Professor at McGill University and Emeritus Curator of Mediterranean Archaeology at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. He has published monographs on Greek archaeology, epigraphy and prosopography. He has excavated in Greece, Georgia, Bulgaria and Britain.

• List of FiguresList of PlatesAbbreviationsPrefaceNote on Format1 The Homeric Description of Boiotia: Mykenaian or Archaic or Both?2 A Folk Story and the End of Amphiaraos3 “Les Deux Béoties” in Archaic Times4 The Origins of the Boiotian League5 Early Boiotian Temples6 Παιδοποιία in Archaic Thebai7 Boiotian Connections with the Pontic and Propontic Area in Archaic to Hellenistic Times8 The Spartan Occupation of Southern Boiotia9 The Daughters of Skedasos and the Battle of Leuktra10 The Sequel to the Spartan Occupation of Southern Boiotia11 Further Thoughts on Late Classical and Hellenistic Defence Networks in Boiotia12 A Valley in the Hills East of Thívai13 An Unusual Hero Cult in East Central Greece14 Another Boiotian Folktale15 The Leuktra Epigram (IGvii 2462)S.M.L. StringerBibliographyIndex 1A: Epigraphic Sources Quoted or CitedIndex 1B: Ancient Literary Sources Quoted or CitedIndex 2: Ancient and Modern PlacenamesIndex 3: Ancient Personal Names, Human and DivineIndex 4: Selected General Subjects

John M. Fossey, D ès L (Lyon II, 1976), FRSC, FSA, is Emeritus Professor at McGill University and Emeritus Curator of Mediterranean Archaeology at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. He has published monographs on Greek archaeology, epigraphy and prosopography. He has excavated in Greece, Georgia, Bulgaria and Britain.

• List of FiguresList of PlatesAbbreviationsPrefaceNote on Format1 The Homeric Description of Boiotia: Mykenaian or Archaic or Both?2 A Folk Story and the End of Amphiaraos3 “Les Deux Béoties” in Archaic Times4 The Origins of the Boiotian League5 Early Boiotian Temples6 Παιδοποιία in Archaic Thebai7 Boiotian Connections with the Pontic and Propontic Area in Archaic to Hellenistic Times8 The Spartan Occupation of Southern Boiotia9 The Daughters of Skedasos and the Battle of Leuktra10 The Sequel to the Spartan Occupation of Southern Boiotia11 Further Thoughts on Late Classical and Hellenistic Defence Networks in Boiotia12 A Valley in the Hills East of Thívai13 An Unusual Hero Cult in East Central Greece14 Another Boiotian Folktale15 The Leuktra Epigram (IGvii 2462)S.M.L. StringerBibliographyIndex 1A: Epigraphic Sources Quoted or CitedIndex 1B: Ancient Literary Sources Quoted or CitedIndex 2: Ancient and Modern PlacenamesIndex 3: Ancient Personal Names, Human and DivineIndex 4: Selected General Subjects