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

Author/creator Steinbock, Bernd
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoAnn Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2013].
Descriptionxii, 411 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 357-376) and indexes.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012033643
ISBN9780472118328 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN9780472028412 (e-book)

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