The Lindian Chronicle and the Greek Creation of their Past
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 9 October 2003
- ISBN 9780199241910
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages336 pages
- Size 223x145x22 mm
- Weight 590 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 1 map and numerous halftones 0
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Short description:
Carolyn Higbie uses an inscription of the first century BC from the Greek island of Rhodes to study what the ancient Greeks believed about their past. They believed that figures such as Heracles, Helen, Menelaus, and Alexander the Great had visited their island to give offerings to the goddess Athena and that Athena herself had appeared in three epiphanies to the townspeople. They then used this history to make themselves more important in the present.
MoreLong description:
Carolyn Higbie uses an inscription of the first century BC from Lindos to study the ancient Greeks and their past. The inscription contains two inventories. The first catalogues some forty objects given to Athena Lindia by figures from the mythological past (including Heracles, Helen, and Menelaus) and the historical past (including Alexander the Great and Hellenistic figures). The second catalogues three epiphanies of Athena Lindia to the townspeople when they were in need of her assistance. By drawing on anthropological approaches as well as archaeological and literary evidence, this book explores what was important to the Greeks about their past, how they reconstructed it, and how they made use of it in their present.
Review from other book by this author 'A definitive study of enjambement in the Homeric poems will find its place on every Homerist's shelves of reference, and whoever refers to Dr Higbie's monograph in the proper place will find plenty of tables (most elegantly set out by OUP) to consult, but they will also soon find themselves actually reading the text.'
The Classical Review
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Translation
Commentary
The Structure and Organization of the Lindian Chronicle
Narrative Patterns and History in the Chronicle
The History behind the Chronicle
Conclusion
