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Philoxenos of Cyrene and the Evolution of Benefaction in First-century AD Athens (2025)
Journal Article
de Lisle, C. (in press). Philoxenos of Cyrene and the Evolution of Benefaction in First-century AD Athens. Mediterraneo antico: Economie Società Culture, 28(1-2),

Philoxenos was a prominent Cyrenaean citizen honoured by the Athenians in the age of Tiberius in a fragmentary decree inscribed at Cyrene (IR Cyrenaica 2020 C.1). The paper argues that he was honoured for contributions to the Athenian gymnasia and/or... Read More about Philoxenos of Cyrene and the Evolution of Benefaction in First-century AD Athens.

Crystalising Initiation: The ephebic inscriptions of Hellenistic Athens (2024)
Book Chapter
de Lisle, C. (2025). Crystalising Initiation: The ephebic inscriptions of Hellenistic Athens. In J. H. Vennebusch (Ed.), Inscribing Initiation: Written Artefacts in Rites of Passage (135-154). Franz Steiner Verlag

The ephebic inscriptions of Hellenistic Athens were annually erected honorific monuments commemorating young Athenian men’s completion of the ephebate, a year-long training programme that initiated them into public life. These monuments, composed of... Read More about Crystalising Initiation: The ephebic inscriptions of Hellenistic Athens.

Ian Worthington, Athens after Empire. A History from Alexander the Great to the Emperor Hadrian, New York – Oxford (Oxford University Press) 2021, 432 S., ISBN 978-0-19-063398-1 (geb.), £ 35,49 (2024)
Journal Article
de Lisle, C. (2024). Ian Worthington, Athens after Empire. A History from Alexander the Great to the Emperor Hadrian, New York – Oxford (Oxford University Press) 2021, 432 S., ISBN 978-0-19-063398-1 (geb.), £ 35,49. Klio, 106(1), 348-355. https://doi.org/10.1515/klio-2024-2010

Sicily in the Mediterranean ca. 540-30: Evidence from coin circulation (2023)
Book Chapter
de Lisle, C. (2023). Sicily in the Mediterranean ca. 540-30: Evidence from coin circulation. In D. Rosenbloom, A. Pomery, & J. Armstrong (Eds.), Money, Warfare and Power in the Ancient World: Studies in Honour of Matthew Freeman Trundle. Bloomsbury

Attic Inscriptions in UK Collections: National Museums Scotland (2022)
Journal Article
de Lisle, C., Liddel, P., & Low, P. (2022). Attic Inscriptions in UK Collections: National Museums Scotland. AIO papers, 14,

The inscription presented in this volume, a first-century AD ephebic list in the collection of the National Museums Scotland (NMS), has never previously been published. Peter Liddel and Polly Low found a reference to it in an online catalogue in 2018... Read More about Attic Inscriptions in UK Collections: National Museums Scotland.

Review: M. Jonasch (ed.), The Fight for Greek Sicily: Society, Politics, and Landscape (2022)
Journal Article
de Lisle, C. (2022). Review: M. Jonasch (ed.), The Fight for Greek Sicily: Society, Politics, and Landscape. Ancient West & East, 21,

A. BOWMAN and C. CROWTHER (eds), The Epigraphy of Ptolemaic Egypt (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020). ISBN 978-0-19-885822-5. £90.00 (Hb) (2022)
Journal Article
de Lisle, C. (2022). A. BOWMAN and C. CROWTHER (eds), The Epigraphy of Ptolemaic Egypt (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020). ISBN 978-0-19-885822-5. £90.00 (Hb). Classics Ireland, 29, 84-86

The Autocratic Theatre of Hieron II (2022)
Book Chapter
de Lisle, C. (2022). The Autocratic Theatre of Hieron II. In E. Csapo, H. R. Goette, J. R. Green, B. Le Guen, E. Paillard, J. A. A. Stoop, & P. Wilson (Eds.), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World (55-70). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110980356-004

Hieron II of Syracuse reigned for fifty-four years, from 269 to 215 BC – longer than any other Hellenistic monarch. His kingdom was relatively small and always required the support of external powers: first the Ptolemies and then the Romans. It survi... Read More about The Autocratic Theatre of Hieron II.

Kingship and Religion in Hellenistic Sicily: Balancing the Global and the Local (2022)
Book Chapter
de Lisle, C. (in press). Kingship and Religion in Hellenistic Sicily: Balancing the Global and the Local. In S. Kravaritou, & M. Stamatopoulou (Eds.), Religious Interactions in the Hellenistic World. Brill Academic Publishers

The relationship between religion and royal power is one of the central focuses of scholarship on the Hellenistic period. A key theme of this research has been the way ideas and practices that had global recognition throughout the Hellenistic world i... Read More about Kingship and Religion in Hellenistic Sicily: Balancing the Global and the Local.

Anna Heller, L'âge d'or des bienfaiteurs: Titres honorifiques et sociétés civiques dans l'Asie Mineure d'époque romaine: Ier s. av. J.-C.–IIIe s. apr. J.-C–Iiie S. Apr. J.-C. Geneva: Droz, 2020. Pp. 307, Maps. ISBN 9782600057462. Chf49.00. (2022)
Journal Article
de Lisle, C. (2022). Anna Heller, L'âge d'or des bienfaiteurs: Titres honorifiques et sociétés civiques dans l'Asie Mineure d'époque romaine: Ier s. av. J.-C.–IIIe s. apr. J.-C–Iiie S. Apr. J.-C. Geneva: Droz, 2020. Pp. 307, Maps. ISBN 9782600057462. Chf49.00. The Journal of Roman Studies, 112, 326-327. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0075435822000028

Coinage and the Creation of the Seleukid Kingdom (2022)
Book Chapter
Trundle, M., & de Lisle, C. (2022). Coinage and the Creation of the Seleukid Kingdom. In E. Anagnostou-Laoutides, & S. Pfeiffer (Eds.), Culture and Ideology under the Seleukids: Unframing a Dynasty (57-76). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110755626-007

Agathokles of Syracuse: Sicilian Tyrant and Hellenistic King (2021)
Book
de Lisle, C. (2021). Agathokles of Syracuse: Sicilian Tyrant and Hellenistic King. Oxford University Press

The Western Greek Slogan of Freedom (2021)
Book Chapter
de Lisle, C. (2021). The Western Greek Slogan of Freedom. In G. Masalcı-Şahin, & A. Doğan (Eds.), War and Diplomacy in Ancient Times: Eskiçağda Savaş ve Diplomasi (163-198). Zero Books

In this paper, I argue that the western Greek adoption and adaptation of a key Greek diplomatic slogan – the ‘freedom of the Greeks’ – is central to understanding how that slogan developed from the fifth century BC to the Roman conquest. The western... Read More about The Western Greek Slogan of Freedom.

Rezension von: Monika Trümper / Gianfranco Adornato / Thomas Lappi (eds.): Cityscapes of Hellenistic Sicily. (2021)
Journal Article
de Lisle, C. (2021). Rezension von: Monika Trümper / Gianfranco Adornato / Thomas Lappi (eds.): Cityscapes of Hellenistic Sicily. Sehepunkte (München), 21(2),

Attic Inscriptions in UK Collections 11: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (2020)
Journal Article
de Lisle, C. (2020). Attic Inscriptions in UK Collections 11: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. AIO papers, 11, 1-133

The Ephebate in Roman Athens: Outline and Catalogue of Inscriptions (2020)
Journal Article
de Lisle, C. (2020). The Ephebate in Roman Athens: Outline and Catalogue of Inscriptions. AIO papers, 12, 1-103

The Punic Wars (264–146 BCE) (2019)
Book Chapter
de Lisle, C. (2019). The Punic Wars (264–146 BCE). In B. R. Doak, & C. López-Ruiz (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Phoenician and Punic Mediterranean (168-180). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190499341.013.13

The Coinage of Agathokles of Syracuse: Sicilian and Hellenistic Influences (2017)
Journal Article
de Lisle, C. (2017). The Coinage of Agathokles of Syracuse: Sicilian and Hellenistic Influences

Attic Inscriptions Online (2012)
Digital Artefact
de Lisle, C., Lambert, S., Low, P., & Liddel, P. (2012). Attic Inscriptions Online. [Online]

Attic Inscriptions Online is a resource structured around annotated translations of Athenian inscriptions. It contains around 3,000 entries and is widely used by researchers, educators, museums, students, and the general public. New entries are added... Read More about Attic Inscriptions Online.