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Zusatztext There is something for everyone in this book. It redefines how we think about history. Informationen zum Autor Katherine Clarke is Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History, St Hilda's College, Oxford. Klappentext This book has two main and connected themes - the conception and articulation of time in the Greek world and the creation of history, especially in the context of the Greek city. Both how time is expressed and how the past is presented have often been seen as reflections of society. By looking at the construction of the past through the medium of local historiography, where we can view these issues in the relatively restricted world of individual city-states, we can gain a clearer insight into how different versions of the past and different constructions of time were offered to the community for approval. In this way, the citizens were able to negotiate time past and indeed their own history, and thereby to express their values and aspirations. Zusammenfassung This book has two main and connected themes - the conception and articulation of time in the Greek world and the creation of history, especially in the context of the Greek city. Both how time is expressed and how the past is presented have often been seen as reflections of society. By looking at the construction of the past through the medium of local historiography, where we can view these issues in the relatively restricted world of individual city-states, we can gain a clearer insight into how different versions of the past and different constructions of time were offered to the community for approval. In this way, the citizens were able to negotiate time past and indeed their own history, and thereby to express their values and aspirations. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: Making a business of time 3: The world outside the polis 4: 'City is history incarnate': writing the past of the polis 5: Persuasion and plausibility: history and rhetoric in the polis 6: Time for the polis: audiences and contexts Epilogue ...
