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The muse of history : the ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the present /

"Oswyn Murray charts the shifting uses of the ancient past, showing how three centuries of scholars interpreted Ancient Greece in the light of contemporary political interests. Rich in stories and portraits of influential thinkers, The Muse of History is a powerful reminder that the meaning of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murray, Oswyn (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard Universiy Press, 2024.
Edition:First Harvard University Press edition.
Subjects:
Historians > Europe > Attitudes > History.
Historiography > Europe > History.
Historiography > Study and teaching > Europe > History.
Civilization, Classical > Historiography.
History > Methodology.
Greece > Historiography.
Rome > Historiography.
Historiographie > Europe > Histoire.
Civilisation ancienne > Historiographie.
Histoire > Méthodologie.
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Summary:"Oswyn Murray charts the shifting uses of the ancient past, showing how three centuries of scholars interpreted Ancient Greece in the light of contemporary political interests. Rich in stories and portraits of influential thinkers, The Muse of History is a powerful reminder that the meaning of the past is always made in and for the present."--
Physical Description:x, 517 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674297456
0674297458