This article wishes to exam the removal of Orestes’ relics from Tegea to Sparta and Theseus’ from Skyros to Athens. It is notable to see how two acts with religious connotations could serve in parallel several goals such as political...
moreThis article wishes to exam the removal of Orestes’ relics from Tegea to Sparta and Theseus’ from Skyros to Athens. It is notable to see how two acts with religious connotations could serve in parallel several goals such as political interests and dominant rights along with religious sentiment. The present study also discusses the role of Dephi in these stories and if the bone-movers would gain political advantage from the Oracle. The aim of this paper is to make evident the role each incident played in the concurrent politics of each city, the political significance of heroic relics and the advantage which the bone movers gained from their act.
