Ancient Memory

Published by De Gruyter 2021

Ancient Memory

Remembrance and Commemoration in Graeco-Roman Literature

Edited by: Katharine Mawford and Eleni Ntanou

Volume 119 in the series Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110728798

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About this book

Although the recent ‘memory boom’ has led to increasing interdisciplinary interest, there is a significant gap relating to the examination of this topic in Classics. In particular, there is need for a systematic exploration of ancient memory and its use as a critical and methodological tool for delving into ancient literature.

The present volume provides just such an approach, theorising the use and role of memory in Graeco-Roman thought and literature, and building on the background of memory studies. The volume’s contributors apply theoretical models such as memoryscapes, civic and cultural memory, and memory loss to a range of authors, from Homeric epic to Senecan drama, and from historiography to Cicero’s recollections of performances. The chapters are divided into four sections according to the main perspective taken. These are: 1) the Mechanics of Memory, 2) Collective memory, 3) Female Memory, and 4) Oblivion.

This modern approach to ancient memory will be useful for scholars working across the range of Greek and Roman literature, as well as for students, and a broader interdisciplinary audience interested in the intersection of memory studies and Classics.

Author information

Katharine Mawford, University of Manchester, UK and Eleni Ntanou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Introduction Katharine Mawford and Eleni Ntanou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: The Mechanics of Memory
Taking a Walk through Rome…: Comedic Itineraries and Early Republican Spatial Memory Sophia Papaioannou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Quoting from Memory? Shared Knowledge in Cicero’s Book Fragments of Accius’ Atreus Maria Haley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Part II: Collective Memory
Memories of Glory: Poetry, Prose, and Commemoration in the Heraclidae Kate Cook Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Ovid’s Poetics of Memory and Oblivion in his Exilic Poetry Andreas N. Michalopoulos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
The Memory of Marcus Regulus and Cannae in Plautus’ Captivi Elinor Cosgrave Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Divine Memories and the Shaping of Olympus in the Iliad Katarzyna Kostecka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Part III: Female Memory
The Manipulation of Memory in Apollonius’ Argonautica Katharine Mawford Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Bound to Break Boundaries: Memory and Identity in Seneca’s Medea Sophie Ngan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Audita mente notaui: (Meta)memory, Gender, and Pastoral Impersonation in the Speech of Ovid’s Galatea Eleni Ntanou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Part IV: Oblivion
Ovid’s Labyrinthine Ars: Pasiphae and the Dangers of Poetic Memory in the Metamorphoses Hannah Burke-Tomlinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Divine Memory, Mortal Forgetfulness and Human Misfortune A. D. Morrison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
Forgetfulness as a Narrative Device in Herodotus’ Histories Carlos Hernández Garcés Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Part V: Further Thoughts
Memory and its Discontents in Ancient Literature Richard Hunter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
Index Rerum et Nominum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
Index Locorum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Classicists, Ancient Historians, Scholars of Memory Studies
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 320
Illustrations
- Tables: 1
Keywords: Memory studies; Greek literature; Latin literature

eBook

Published: July 5, 2021
ISBN: 9783110728798

Hardcover

Published: July 5, 2021
ISBN: 9783110728712