An edition of The Lindian chronicle and the Greek creation of their past (2003)
The Lindian chronicle and the Greek creation of their past
By Carolyn Higbie
Publish Date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press,Oxford University Press, USA
Language
eng
Pages
320
Description:
Using an inscription from the 1st century BC as the starting point, this text studies the ancient Greeks' perception of their past. Drawing on anthropological theory and archaeological and literary evidence, it explores how ancient Greeks reconstructed their past and utilised it in their present.
subjects: Antiquities, Athena (Greek deity), Greek Mythology, Historiography, History, Inscriptions, Mythology, Greek, Temple of Athena (Lindhos, Greece), Greece, history, Greece, antiquities, Kronieken (geschiedenis), Griekse oudheid, Athéna (Divinité grecque), Histoire, Mythologie grecque, Historiographie, Antiquités
People: Timachidas of Lindos
Places: Greece, Lindhos, Lindhos (Greece)