Reset in Stone: Memory and Reuse in Ancient Athens

by: Rous, S.A.

Ancient Athenians were known to reuse stone artifacts, architectural blocks, and public statuary in the creation of new buildings and monuments. However, these construction decisions went beyond mere pragmatics: they were often a visible mechanism for shaping communal memory, especially in periods of profound and challenging social or political transformation.

Sarah Rous develops the concept of upcycling to refer to this meaningful reclamation, the intentionality of reemploying each particular object for its specific new context. The upcycling approach drives innovative reinterpretations of diverse cases, including column drums built into fortification walls, recut inscriptions, monument renovations, and the wholesale relocation of buildings. Using archaeological, literary, and epigraphic evidence from more than eight centuries of Athenian history, Rous's investigation connects seemingly disparate instances of the reuse of building materials. She focuses on agency, offering an alternative to the traditional discourse on spolia. Reset in Stone illuminates a vital practice through which Athenians shaped social memory in the physical realm, literally building their past into their city.

BCH Supplement I : Etudes Deliennes : publiees a l'occasion du centieme anniversaire du debut des fouilles de l'Ecole francaise d'Athebes a Delos

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• ISBN-13: 9782869583856 / 978-2-86958-385-6
• ISBN-03: 2869583850 / 2-86958-385-0
• Ecole Francaise d'Athenes, Paris, 1973

Price: 83,00 EURO

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Griechische Figurenvasen: Des Reichen Stils und der Spaten Klassik

by: Trumpf-Lyritzaki, M.

• H. Bouvier u. Co. Verlag, Bonn, 1969

Price: 68,00 EURO

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Epic to Epigram : An Anthology of Classical Verse

by: Hadley, P.

• ISBN-13: 9781853991950 / 978-1-85399-195-0
• ISBN-03: 1853991953 / 1-85399-195-3
• Bristol Classical Press, London, 1992

Price: 9,25 EURO

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ΣΩΣΙΠΑΤΡΟΣ : Ο ΠΟΙΗΤΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΤΑΨΕΥΔΟΜΕΝΟΥ. ΕΝΑΥΣΜΑ ΓΙΑ ΜΙΑΝ ΑΡΧΙΚΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΟΥ ΦΛΥΑΚΑ

by: ΣΤΑΜΑΤΗΣ, Δ.Γ.

• ISBN-13: 9789605260286 / 978-960-526-028-6
• ISBN-03: 960526028X / 960-526-028-X
• ΕΘΝΙΚΟ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΠΟΔΙΣΤΡΙΑΚΟ ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΑΘΗΝΩΝ, ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΚΗ ΣΧΟΛΗ, ΑΘΗΝΑ / Athens, 2014

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Civilisation grecque et cultures antiques peripheriques: hommage a Petre Alexandrescu a son 70e anniversaire

by: Avram, A. Babes, M.

• ISBN-13: 9789734503384
• ISBN-03: 9734503383
• Editura enciclopedica, Bucarest, 2000

Reset in Stone: Memory and Reuse in Ancient Athens

by: Rous, S.A.

• ISBN-13: 9780299322809 / 978-0-299-32280-9
• ISBN-03: 0299322807 / 0-299-32280-7
• The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 2019