Guided tours of the exhibition “Chaeronea, 2 August, 338 BC: A day that changed the world”
TEMPORARY EXHIBITION
GUIDED TOURS
Discover through guided tours the landmark exhibition about one of the most important historical events of Greek antiquity, the battle of Chaeronea that brought Alexander the Great to the political scene and laid the foundations of what we call the Western world.
INFO
Dates
Thursday: 18:30
Saturday: 13:00 & 16:00
Sunday: 13:00
Saturday: 13:00 & 16:00
Sunday: 13:00
Tickets
Regular: 18€
Reduced: 15€
(tickets include admission to the Temporary Exhibition, as well as the Permanent Exhibitions)
BOOK TICKETS
Reduced: 15€
(tickets include admission to the Temporary Exhibition, as well as the Permanent Exhibitions)
EXHIBITION SECTIONS
The protagonists
a. Philip
b. Alexander
c. Demosthenes
b. Alexander
c. Demosthenes
The opponents
a. The Macedonians: The Macedonian phalanx
b. The coalition of Greek cities: The Sacred Band and Athens
b. The coalition of Greek cities: The Sacred Band and Athens
Managing the memory of the battlefield
a. The Polyandrion of the Sacred Band
b. The Tumulus of the Macedonians
c. Macedonian burial practices
b. The Tumulus of the Macedonians
c. Macedonian burial practices
Commemorating the battle in Athens
Boeotia and Thebes after the battle
Destruction and reconstruction of Thebes
The new Hellenistic world after the battle
a. The wealth of the Hellenistic world
b. ‘Macedonization’ of Boeotia
b. ‘Macedonization’ of Boeotia
The archaeological rediscovery of the battle (P. Stamatakis and G. Sotiriadis)
The modern exploitation of the battle
a. Travellers
b. Painters
c. International, national and local press
b. Painters
c. International, national and local press
The battle of Chaeronea…today
ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXHIBITION
DECEMBER 14, 2023 UNTIL APRIL 23, 2024
Chaeronea, 2 August 338 BC: A day that changed the world
ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXHIBITION
