LEADER 04217nam 2200637 450 001 9910137069503321 005 20161229000000.0 010 $a0-472-12196-0 024 7 $a10.3998/mpub.8785930 035 $a(CKB)3710000000835890 035 $a(EBL)4717250 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4717250 035 $a(OCoLC)957345218 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse54289 035 $a(MiU)10.3998/mpub.8785930 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000835890 100 $a20160701d2016 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aTraces of the past $eclassics between history and archaeology /$fKaren Bassi 210 1$aAnn Arbor :$cUniversity of Michigan Press,$d[2016] 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-472-11992-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 203-225) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Seeing the Past -- The Landscape of the Past in Hesiod's Theogony -- The Hypothetical Past and the Achaean Wall in the Iliad -- Blinded by Time : The Past "As If" in the Odyssey -- "Up to My Time" : The Fading of the Past in Herodotus' Histories -- Tragedy Vanishes : Reading the Past in Aristophanes' Frogs -- Epilogue: Reading the Past. 330 2 $a"What are we doing when we walk into an archaeological museum or onto an archaeological site? What do the objects and features we encounter in these unique places mean and, more specifically, how do they convey to us something about the beliefs and activities of formerly living humans? In short, how do visible remains and ruins in the present give meaning to the human past? Karen Bassi addresses these questions through detailed close readings of canonical works spanning the archaic to the classical periods of ancient Greek culture, showing how the past is constituted in descriptions of what narrators and characters see in their present context. She introduces the term protoarchaeological to refer to narratives that navigate the gap between linguistic representation and empirical observation--between words and things--in accessing and giving meaning to the past. Such narratives invite readers to view the past as a receding visual field and, in the process, to cross the disciplinary boundaries that divide literature, history, and archaeology. Aimed at classicists, literary scholars, ancient historians, cultural historians, and archaeological theorists, the book combines three areas of research: time as a feature of narrative structure in literary theory; the concept of 'the past itself' in the philosophy of history; and the ontological status of material objects in archaeological theory. Each of five central chapters explores how specific protoarchaeological narratives--from the fate of Zeus' stone in Hesiod's Theogony to the contest between words and objects in Aristophanes' Frogs--both expose and attempt to bridge this gap. Throughout, the book serves as a response to Herodotus' task in writing the Histories, namely, to ensure that 'the past deeds of men do not fade with time'"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aArchaeology and history 606 $aClassical antiquities 606 $aClassical literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aGreek literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHistory$xPhilosophy 606 $aArchaeology$xPhilosophy 606 $aMaterial culture$xPhilosophy 606 $aLiterature$xPhilosophy 615 0$aArchaeology and history. 615 0$aClassical antiquities. 615 0$aClassical literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aGreek literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHistory$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aArchaeology$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aMaterial culture$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aLiterature$xPhilosophy. 676 $a930.1 686 $aHIS002010$2bisacsh 700 $aBassi$b Karen$01124394 712 02$aMichigan Publishing (University of Michigan) 801 0$bMiU 801 1$bMiU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910137069503321 996 $aTraces of the past$92895577 997 $aUNINA