Remembering, forgetting, and rewriting the past: Athenian inscriptions and collective memory

Low, Polly

Abstract

This chapter explores the ways in which the Athenians responded to inscriptions after their creation, and in particular their approaches to the emendation, destruction, and recreation of inscribed public texts. It argues that these approaches reveal an ongoing interaction between individual initiative and collective authority in the treatment of inscribed monuments; and it suggests that this interaction, in turn, offers an important insight into the role played by inscribed texts in the shaping and reshaping of Athenian collective memory.

Citation

Low, P. (2020). Remembering, forgetting, and rewriting the past: Athenian inscriptions and collective memory. Histos, Supplements(11), 235-268

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Mar 19, 2020
• Publication Date: Mar 19, 2020
• Deposit Date: Apr 3, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 21, 2020
• Journal: Histos : the electronic journal of ancient historiography at the University of Durham.
• Electronic ISSN: 2046-5963
• Publisher: Histos
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: Supplements
• Issue: 11
• Pages: 235-268
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1273857
• Publisher URL: https://research.ncl.ac.uk/histos/SV11ShapingMemoryinAncientGreece.html