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Like every society, the Greek communities needed a unifying concept of their past, an 'intentional history'. In direct interaction with poets, they formed an aesthetic network in which myths were considered as historical events. This volume considers how Greeks' histories were consciously employed to help shape political and social realities.

Table of Contents
Introduction; 1. The locus of intentional history: reference-group – producers – media; 2. Greek myths as a history of the Greeks: motifs – forms – structures; 3. Greek historiography between past and present; 4. Greek historiography between fiction and fact; Concluding perspectives.

The Greeks and Their Histories

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    A Hardback by Hans-Joachim Gehrke, Raymond Geuss, Jonas Grethlein

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 1/15/2022 12:12:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781316519783, 978-1316519783
      ISBN10: 1316519783
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      Literary studies: ancient, classical Historiography

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Like every society, the Greek communities needed a unifying concept of their past, an 'intentional history'. In direct interaction with poets, they formed an aesthetic network in which myths were considered as historical events. This volume considers how Greeks' histories were consciously employed to help shape political and social realities.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; 1. The locus of intentional history: reference-group – producers – media; 2. Greek myths as a history of the Greeks: motifs – forms – structures; 3. Greek historiography between past and present; 4. Greek historiography between fiction and fact; Concluding perspectives.

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