Archaeologies, Origins, Antiquities : Narrating Early Cultural History in Ancient Greece and Rome / edited by Nicoletta Bruno.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bruno, Nicoletta, editor.

Series:

Beiträge Zur Altertumskunde Series

Beiträge Zur Altertumskunde Series ; v.421

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology--Political aspects.

Archaeology.

Archaeology--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2025]

Summary:

This book examines the narratives of early cultural history in ancient Greece and Rome, spanning from a macrocosmic outlook to a microcosmic exploration of individual stories, familial dynamics, and societal contexts. The collection investigates the concepts of archaeologies, origins, and antiquities through a multifaceted approach, considering literary, rhetorical, philosophical, historical, and epigraphic viewpoints. Each chapter delves into various aspects of cultural history, encompassing the influence of Homeric scholarship on Thucydides’ ‘Archaeology,’ Plato’s concept of ‘archaeologies’, the interpretation of the past through Hellenistic inscriptions, and the cultural histories of Sallust, Dicaearchus, and Varro. It also discusses the relationship between history, humanity, and the natural world in Lucretius and Seneca, Vergil’s accounts of early human history, the role of families in shaping cultural history, the origins of sexual violence in mythological stories, and the reinterpretation of Roman foundational myths in late antiquity. This volume invites readers to reflect on the ways in which the Greeks and Romans narrated their past, interpreted their origins, and constructed their collective memories.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Table of Contents

Introduction: To Unravel the Origins

Cultural History and Homeric Scholarship in Thucydides' Archaeology

Archäologie als Argument. Formen und Funktionen des Erzählens vom Altertum bei Platon

(Re‐)Inscribing the Past, Interpreting the Present: The Archaiologiai of Hellenistic Inscriptions

Sallust's 'Archaeology' in Bellum Catilinae

Dicaearchus and Varro: Cultural History Between Bio-logy and Genea-logy

Mankind and Mother Earth: Lucretius, Seneca, and Universal History

Vergil and Early Human History

Il ruolo della famiglia nella tradizione dei testi e nella costruzione di una storia culturale antica

The Fictional Origins of 'Heroic' Rape Imagery: Callisto, Arachne, and Pygmalion's Statue in Ovid's Metamorphoses

Undoing Origins, Challenging the Roots: The late antique Origo gentis Romanae

List of Contributors

Index of Names

Index of Passages.

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ISBN:

9783111592640

3111592642