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Author:

Steinbock, Bernd.

Title:

Social memory in Athenian public discourse : uses and meanings of the past / Bernd Steinbock.

Publisher:

University of Michigan Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

xii, 411 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Athens (Greece)--Relations--Thebes.--Thebes.
Thebes (Greece)--Relations--Athens.--Athens.
Thebes (Greece)--Foreign public opinion.
Memory--History--Athens--Athens--History--To 1500.
Collective memory--Athens--Athens--History--To 1500.
Historiography--History--Athens--Athens--History--To 1500.
Discourse analysis--Athens--Athens--History--To 1500.
Athens (Greece)--Politics and government.
Athens (Greece)--Social life and customs.
Greece--History--To 146 B.C.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-376) and indexes.

Contents:

Introduction: Objectives, Methods, Concepts -- 1. Carriers of Athenian Social Memory -- 2. Athens? Counterimage: The Theban Medziers -- 3. Mythical Precedent Athenian Intervention for the Fallen Argives -- 4. A Precarious Memory: Theban Help for the Athenian Democrats -- 5. Persistent Memories: The Proposed Eradication of Athens -- Conclusion.

ISBN:

0472028413 (e-book)
9780472028412 (e-book)
0472118323 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780472118328 (cloth : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)768168524

LCCN:

2012033643

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)