Kinship myth in ancient Greece

by: Patterson, L.E.

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Kinship myth in ancient Greece

Author: 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 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.

xiv, 255 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Contents:

Abbreviations
Note on Translations and Transliterations
Preface and Acknowledgments
Chapter One. Kinship and Constructed Identities
Chapter Two. Credulity and Historical Causation
Chapter Three. Kinship Myth in the Literary Sources: Alliances and Assistance
Chapter Four. Kinship Myth in the Literary Sources: Conquests and Territorial Possession
Chapter Five. Alexander the Great
Chapter Six. Epigraphical Evidence of Kinship Diplomacy: Paradigmatic Inscriptions
Chapter Seven. Epigraphical Evidence of Kinship Diplomacy: Local Myths in Pausanias
Chapter Eight. 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
General Index
Index Locorum

Subjects:
Civilisation ancienne
Civilization
Civilization, Ancient
Diplomatic relations
Greece
Greece Civilization
Greece Foreign relations
Greece Politics and government
Grekisk mytologi politiska aspekter
Grèce Civilisation
Grèce Politique et gouvernement
Grèce Relations extérieures
Griechenland
Herkunftssage
History
Internationale Politik
Kinship
Kinship Greece History
Mythologie grecque
Mythology, Greek
Parenté Grèce Histoire
Politics and government
Släktskapsförhållanden politiska aspekter historia Grekland antiken
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