The Lindian chronicle and the Greek creation of their past
By: Carolyn Higbie.
Contributors: Timachidas, of Lindos.
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng; grc
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Timachidas, of Lindos; Temple of Athena (Lindhos, Greece); Inscriptions -- Greece -- Lindhos; Athena (Greek deity) -- History; Mythology, Greek; Historiography -- Greece; Greece -- History; Lindhos (Greece) -- Antiquities
Other titles: Lindian chronicle.
Description: Using an inscription from the 1st century BC as the starting point, this text studies the ancient Greeks' perception of their past. Drawing on anthropological theory and archaeological and literary evidence, it explores how ancient Greeks reconstructed their past and utilised it in their present.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-305) and indexes.