RT Journal Article
T1 Thetes epibatai in fifth-century Athens?
A1 Valdés Guía, Miriam Amparo
AB In recent years the traditional view of thētes acting as epibatai in the Athenian fleet in fifth century BC has been strongly challenged by different authors. This issue is broached here by re-examining the ancient sources, as well as other factors like demography (especially in relation to the casualties of the Peloponnesian War) and forms of conscription. Deploying new arguments, it is suggested that some of the members of the census class of thētes might have customarily served as hoplites in the fifth-century Athenian navy, but that manpower shortages during the Peloponnesian War might have modified thfe way in which epibatai were conscripted.
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118542
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118542
LA eng
NO Miriam A. Valdés Guía. Thētes epibatai in Fifth-Century Athens. Revue des études anciennes, 2022, 124 (2), p.351-377. ￿hal-03949062￿
DS Docta Complutense
RD 8 abr 2025