Public Record vs Public Memory: A Study of the Peisistratid Tyranny through the Public Archives and Comparing them to the Memories of the Athenian Public
Public Record vs Public Memory: A Study of the Peisistratid Tyranny through the Public Archives and Comparing them to the Memories of the Athenian Public
Date
2011
Authors
Agoratsios, Emmanuel
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Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek
Abstract
A study of the Peisistratid Tyranny through the public archives and comparing them
to the memories of the Athenian public. The aim of this paper is to discuss what the
public archives of archaic Athens preserve about the years of the Peisistratid Tyranny
and compare it to what the Athenian public remember about the Peisistratid Tyranny
and the events of the period. Firstly, the ancient evidence that is extant will be discussed
and it will be considered where this evidence came from, whether it is epigraphical,
literary or archaeological. Secondly, what is a preservation of a public record and what
is a public memory will be distinguished and compared to see which is closer to what
might have happened.
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Keywords
Greek Research,
Greece,
Australia,
Emmanuel Agoratsios
Citation
Agoratsios, Emmanuel 2009. Public Record vs Public Memory: A Study of the Peisistratid Tyranny through the Public Archives and Comparing them to the Memories of the Athenian Public. In M. Rossetto, M. Tsianikas, G. Couvalis and M. Palaktsoglou (Eds.) "Greek Research in Australia: Proceedings of the Eighth Biennial International Conference of Greek Studies, Flinders University June 2009". Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek: Adelaide, 107-113.