Kinship Myth in Ancient Greece / / Lee E. Patterson.
In ancient Greece, interstate relations, such as in the formation of alliances, calls for assistance, exchanges of citizenship, and territorial conquest, were often grounded in mythical kinship. In these cases, the common ancestor was most often a legendary figure from whom both communities claimed...
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Patterson, Lee E., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Kinship Myth in Ancient Greece / Lee E. Patterson. Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021] ©2010 1 online resource (271 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Note on Translations and Transliterations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Kinship and Constructed Identities -- 2. Credulity and Historical Causation -- 3. Kinship Myth in the Literary Sources -- 4. Kinship Myth in the Literary Sources -- 5. Alexander the Great -- 6. Epigraphical Evidence of Kinship Diplomacy -- 7. Epigraphical Evidence of Kinship Diplomacy -- 8. Conclusions -- Appendix One. The Historical Context of Plutarch, solon 8–10 -- Appendix Two. Greek Myth and Macedonian Identity -- Appendix Three. A Tale of Two Phoci -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Locorum -- General Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In ancient Greece, interstate relations, such as in the formation of alliances, calls for assistance, exchanges of citizenship, and territorial conquest, were often grounded in mythical kinship. In these cases, the common ancestor was most often a legendary figure from whom both communities claimed descent. In this detailed study, Lee E. Patterson elevates the current state of research on kinship myth to a consideration of the role it plays in the construction of political and cultural identity. He draws examples both from the literary and epigraphical records and shows the fundamental difference between the two. He also expands his study into the question of Greek credulity—how much of these founding myths did they actually believe, and how much was just a useful fiction for diplomatic relations? Of central importance is the authority the Greeks gave to myth, whether to elaborate narratives or to a simple acknowledgment of an ancestor. Most Greeks could readily accept ties of interstate kinship even when local origin narratives could not be reconciled smoothly or when myths used to explain the link between communities were only "discovered" upon the actual occasion of diplomacy, because such claims had been given authority in the collective memory of the Greeks. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022) Civilization, Ancient. Kinship Greece History. Mythology, Greek. HISTORY / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110745344 https://doi.org/10.7560/722750 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292784796 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292784796/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Note on Translations and Transliterations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Kinship and Constructed Identities -- 2. Credulity and Historical Causation -- 3. Kinship Myth in the Literary Sources -- 4. Kinship Myth in the Literary Sources -- 5. Alexander the Great -- 6. Epigraphical Evidence of Kinship Diplomacy -- 7. Epigraphical Evidence of Kinship Diplomacy -- 8. Conclusions -- Appendix One. The Historical Context of Plutarch, solon 8–10 -- Appendix Two. Greek Myth and Macedonian Identity -- Appendix Three. A Tale of Two Phoci -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Locorum -- General Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Note on Translations and Transliterations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Kinship and Constructed Identities -- 2. Credulity and Historical Causation -- 3. Kinship Myth in the Literary Sources -- 4. Kinship Myth in the Literary Sources -- 5. Alexander the Great -- 6. Epigraphical Evidence of Kinship Diplomacy -- 7. Epigraphical Evidence of Kinship Diplomacy -- 8. Conclusions -- Appendix One. The Historical Context of Plutarch, solon 8–10 -- Appendix Two. Greek Myth and Macedonian Identity -- Appendix Three. A Tale of Two Phoci -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Locorum -- General Index |
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