The map highlights the places of origin of poets and musicians active in Greece in the 4th century BC, bringing out the most relevant contexts for the development of the poetic and musical forms of the time.

The map provides an overview of the agonistic contexts frequented by Philip II of Macedon, highlighting both the ruler’s participation in Hellenic contests in order to affirm his membership in the Greek lineage and his presidency of institutional festivals or the organization of new agonistic events for mediation or propaganda purposes.

The map traces the itinerant route of the poetic-musical competitions promoted by Alexander the Great during his Asian expedition, which marked the beginning of the spread and multiplication of Greek agons, a phenomenon characteristic of the Hellenistic and later Roman ages.