Tanagra

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Tanagra ( ancient Greek Τάναγρα or Tanagrē Τανάγρη in Modern Greek, Τανάγρα ( f sg ) ) is a Greek community in the prefecture of Boeotia with about 21,000 inhabitants and was an ancient polis of the same name about 5 km from the present-day village. Tanagra in ancient times was also the capital of Boeotia.

History

She was a polis in ancient times on Asopus (now Vuriendi ) and was on the influence of the stream Thermodon ( Laris ). There the course of the ring walls can still be seen today. The Greek poetess Korinna was a daughter of the ancient city.

Tanagra was one of the oldest members of the Boeotian League, and at times her Münzort. It was during the Peloponnesian War two battles and at Tanagra, which gave them the name, the first battle of Tanagra ( 457 BC) (Sparta conquers Athens) and the second battle of Tanagra ( 426 BC) (Victory of the Athenians ).

Even in the 6th century Tanagra was a thriving city. In 1874 magnificent terracotta statuettes were found in the necropolis on the Kokkalihügel. The so-called Tanagra figurines made ​​the region famous all over again.

Art

A native of the city poetess Korinna dedicated to the women of her city a Song, over 2400 years later, the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a poem called Tanagra. But it is not the place itself, but from the ancient works of art found there, especially the terracotta figures inspired.