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Crystalising Initiation: The ephebic inscriptions of Hellenistic Athens (2023)
Book Chapter
Christopher, D. L. (in press). Crystalising Initiation: The ephebic inscriptions of Hellenistic Athens. In J. H. Vennebusch (Ed.), Inscribing Initiation: Written Artefacts in Rites of Passage. 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.

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.

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. 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. Geneva: Droz, 2020. Pp. 307, maps. isbn 9782600057462. CHF49.00. The Journal of Roman Studies, https://doi.org/10.1017/s0075435822000028

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.