The Greek Polis and the Tradition of Polis History

Abstract

Abstract This chapter focuses on historiographical traditions and the way ancient Greeks patterned their memories and memorials of their past, with emphasis on the history of the polis. In particular, it examines the place of the polis, a fundamental institution in ancient Greece, in an important tradition of Greek historical writing, whose point was to preserve — indeed construct — the identities of the Greek cities in times of rapid and often overwhelming change. In this sense, the chapter treats Greek historiography in terms of cultural and social change, cultural habits, and epitēdeumata, and not simply in terms of development and competition within the genre of historiography.

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Rosalind Thomas (2014). The Greek Polis and the Tradition of Polis History. Oxford University Press eBooks. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199668885.003.0008

@article{rosalind2014the,
  title  = {The Greek Polis and the Tradition of Polis History},
  author = {Thomas, Rosalind},
  year   = {2014},
  journal = {Oxford University Press eBooks},
  doi    = {10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199668885.003.0008}
}

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