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Poetic and Performative Memory in Ancient Greece: Heroic Reference and Ritual Gestures in Time and Space (Hellenic Studies)
Poetic and Performative Memory in Ancient Greece Heroic Reference and Ritual Gestures in Time and Space - Hellenic Studies
Author: Claude Calame
Philosophers have often reflected on the Ancient Greeks' concepts of time, but an anthropological approach is necessary to understand their practical concept of time as tied to space. The Greeks not only spoke of time unfolding in a specific space, but also projected the past upon the future in order to make it active in the social practice of t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674021242
ISBN-10: 067402124X
Publication Date: 10/30/2009
Pages: 275
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Publisher: Center for Hellenic Studies
Book Type: Paperback
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