The archaeology of nostalgia : how the Greeks re-created their mythical past / John Boardman.

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Boardman, John, 1927-

Title & Author:

The archaeology of nostalgia : how the Greeks re-created their mythical past / John Boardman.

Publication:

Description:

240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-204) and indexes.
1. The Function of the Past in Greece: Our Sources -- 2. Fossilized History: Them Bones -- 3. Homes Fit For Heroes -- 4. Realia et Naturalia -- 5. Imaging the Past: Here be Monsters -- 6. Imaging the Past: The Hero and the Heroic -- 7. Conclusion.

ISBN:

0500051151 (paperback)
9780500051153 (paperback)

Subject:

Art and history Greece.
Imagination.
Art, Ancient Greece.
Myth in art.
Art et histoire Grèce.
Art antique Grèce.
Mythe dans l'art.
Art, Ancient.
Art and history.
Greece.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 229470
Call No.: N5633 .B63 2003
Status: Available

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