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Social memory in Athenian public discourse : uses and meanings of the past / Bernd Steinbock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Steinbock, Bernd.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Memory--Social aspects--Greece--Athens--History--To 1500.
- Memory.
- Collective memory--Greece--Athens--History--To 1500.
- Collective memory.
- Historiography--Social aspects--Greece--Athens--History--To 1500.
- Historiography.
- Discourse analysis--Greece--Athens--History--To 1500.
- Discourse analysis.
- History.
- Historiography--Social aspects.
- Memory--Social aspects.
- Athens (Greece)--Relations--Greece--Thebes.
- Athens (Greece).
- Thebes (Greece)--Relations--Greece--Athens.
- Thebes (Greece).
- Thebes (Greece)--Foreign public opinion.
- Athens (Greece)--Politics and government.
- Athens (Greece)--Social life and customs.
- Greece--History--To 146 B.C.
- Greece.
- Greece--Athens.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2013].
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction : Objectives, Methods, Concepts
- Objectives
- What Is Social Memory?
- Social memory in Ancient Greece : From Mythical Times to the Recent Past
- Social Memory in Athenian Public Discourse
- Chapter 1. Carriers of Athenian Social Memory
- Festivals and Public Commemorations
- Different Memory Communities
- Monuments and Inscriptions
- Rhetorical Education
- Assembly and Law Courts
- Chapter 2. Athens' Counterimage : The Theban Medizers
- Fourth-Century Allusions to Thebes' Medizing
- Theban Conduct during the Persian War
- Athenian Disposition toward Thebes in 479
- Memorialization of Thebes' Treason
- Remembering Theban Medism throughout the Fifth Century
- Contexts for the Recollection of Theban Medism in the Fourth Century
- Chapter 3. Mythical Precedent : Athenian Intervention for the Fallen Argives
- Oratorical Allusions to the Burial of the Seven
- Constitutive Elements and Formative Influences
- The Burial of the Seven in Diplomatic and Political Discourse
- Chapter 4. A Precarious Memory : Theban Help for the Athenian Democrats
- Belated Praise for Theban Aid?
- The Situation in Thebes in 404/3
- Theban Support for Thrasybulus in Athenian Social Memory
- Chapter 5. Persistent Memories : The Proposed Eradication of Athens
- The Debate about Athens' Fate in 405/4
- Fourth-Century Allusions to the Proposed Destruction of Athens
- Traumatic Fear of Annihilation
- Semantic and Visual Conceptualizations : City Razing and Enslavement
- Imagining the Unimaginable : The Eradication of Athens
- Plataea, Melos and Troy as Aide Memoire
- Contexts for the Recollection of the Theban Proposal
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-376) and indexes.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472118328
- 9780472028412
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.1897162
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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