Kinship Myth in Ancient Greece / / Lee E. Patterson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Patterson, Lee E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (271 p.)

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...

Table of Contents

• 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