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The Ancient Greeks not only spoke of time unfolding in a specific space, but also projected the past upon the future in order to make it active in the social practice of the present. This book shows how the Ancient Greeks’ collective memory was based on a remarkable faculty for the creation of ritual and narrative symbols.

Poetic and Performative Memory in Ancient Greece

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      Published 1 October 2009
      ISBN-13 9780674021242
      978-0674021242
      ISBN-10 067402124X
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      Anthropology

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      Book Synopsis
      The Ancient Greeks not only spoke of time unfolding in a specific space, but also projected the past upon the future in order to make it active in the social practice of the present. This book shows how the Ancient Greeks’ collective memory was based on a remarkable faculty for the creation of ritual and narrative symbols.

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