The muse of history : the ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the present
Murray, Oswyn2024
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The study of ancient Greek history has been central to the western conception of history since the Renaissance. 'The Muse of History' traces the shifting patterns of this preoccupation in the last three centuries, in which each generation has reinterpreted the Greeks in the light of their contemporary world, through times of revolution, conflicting ideologies and warfare. It aims to offer a new history of Greek historiography from the Enlightenment to the present, and to acknowledge the continuing spiritual importance of the ancient Greeks for European culture in the twentieth century under totalitarian persecutions.
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Author:
Murray, Oswyn, author
Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, 2024.
Collation:
496 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780241360576 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
938.0072938.007938.0072 MUR
Language:
English
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BRN:
2701975
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