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The Archaeology of Nostalgia: How the Greeks Re-Created Their Mythical Past
The Archaeology of Nostalgia How the Greeks ReCreated Their Mythical Past
Author: John Boardman
Julius Caesar was warned to tread carefully in the long grass at Troy lest he step on Hector's ghost: the mythical geography of Greece mirrored that of the real world. The ancient Greeks re-created a physical view of a mythological past that poets, priests, and politicians used as a paradigm for contemporary behavior. The Greeks drew upon thei...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780500051153
ISBN-10: 0500051151
Publication Date: 2/2003
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Thames Hudson
Book Type: Hardcover
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