Remembering, forgetting, and rewriting the past: Athenian inscriptions and collective memory

Low, Polly

Remembering, forgetting, and rewriting the past: Athenian inscriptions and collective memory

Low, Polly

Authors

Professor Polly Low polly.a.low@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

This chapter explores the ways in which the Athenians responded to inscriptions after their creation, and in particular their approaches to the emendation, destruction, and recreation of inscribed public texts. It argues that these approaches reveal an ongoing interaction between individual initiative and collective authority in the treatment of inscribed monuments; and it suggests that this interaction, in turn, offers an important insight into the role played by inscribed texts in the shaping and reshaping of Athenian collective memory.

Citation

Low, P. (2020). Remembering, forgetting, and rewriting the past: Athenian inscriptions and collective memory. Histos, Supplements(11), 235-268

Journal Article Type	Article
Online Publication Date	Mar 19, 2020
Publication Date	Mar 19, 2020
Deposit Date	Apr 3, 2020
Publicly Available Date	Apr 21, 2020
Journal	Histos : the electronic journal of ancient historiography at the University of Durham.
Electronic ISSN	2046-5963
Publisher	Histos
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	Supplements
Issue	11
Pages	235-268
Publisher URL	https://research.ncl.ac.uk/histos/SV11ShapingMemoryinAncientGreece.html