Thespiae
Sign in to saveThespiae ( ; ) was an ancient Greek city (polis) in Boeotia. It sits at the foot of Mount Helicon and near right bank of the Thespius River (modern name Kanavari River).
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Thespiae
- Ancient site.native_name
- Θεσπιαί
- Ancient site.native_name_lang
- grc
- Ancient site.type
- Ancient city
- Ancient site.image
- Thespiae 431-424 BC.jpg
- Ancient site.alt
- Photograph of an ancient Greek silver coin, showing a shield on one side.
- Ancient site.caption
- Silver Obol from Thespiae, 431-424 BCE. Obverse: Boeotian shield. Reverse: crescent, ΘΕΣ[ΠΙΕΩΝ] (of the Thespians).
- Ancient site.map_type
- Greece
- Ancient site.map_caption
- Location of Thespiae in Boeotia, Greece
- Ancient site.built
- Before
- Ancient site.epochs
- Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman
- Ancient site.cultures
- Ancient Greek
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1882
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Panagiotis Stamatakis
- Ancient site.condition
- Ruined
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Topography
- Archeology
- History
- Archaic period
- Persian, Peloponnesian, and Corinthian wars
- Hellenistic period
- Notable Thespians
- Mythology
- Ancient religion
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Thespiae ( ; ) was an ancient Greek city (polis) in Boeotia. It sits at the foot of Mount Helicon and near right bank of the Thespius River (modern name Kanavari River).
Thespiae was a Boeotian state sporadically involved in the military federal league known as the Boeotian League. The Boeotian League began in 520 BCE under the leadership of Thebes.