Book contents
- The Greeks and Their Histories
- Classical Scholarship in Translation
- The Greeks and Their Histories
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface to the German Edition
- Preface
- Note on Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Locus of Intentional History
- Chapter 2 Greek Myths As a History of the Greeks
- Chapter 3 Greek Historiography between Past and Present
- Chapter 4 Greek Historiography between Fiction and Truth
- Concluding Perspectives
- References
- Index
Concluding Perspectives
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 December 2022
Book contents
- The Greeks and Their Histories
- Classical Scholarship in Translation
- The Greeks and Their Histories
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface to the German Edition
- Preface
- Note on Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Locus of Intentional History
- Chapter 2 Greek Myths As a History of the Greeks
- Chapter 3 Greek Historiography between Past and Present
- Chapter 4 Greek Historiography between Fiction and Truth
- Concluding Perspectives
- References
- Index
Summary
In his ‘concluding perspectives’, the author first emphasises the differences between current and ancient ways of dealing with history in view of modern notions of history and the science of history. But he also draws attention to the fact – and cites respective remarks by a renowned historian (Angelos Chaniotis) on the director of the film Alexander the Great, Oliver Stone – that even in our times the elements of the true and the fictitious can be fruitfully combined when it comes to the adequate representation of history. Intentional or not – what brings history to life and keeps it alive is narration.
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- The Greeks and Their HistoriesMyth, History, and Society, pp. 133 - 137Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022