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Concluding Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2022

Hans-Joachim Gehrke
Affiliation:
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
Raymond Geuss
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Jonas Grethlein
Affiliation:
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
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In his ‘concluding perspectives’, the author first emphasises the differences between current and ancient ways of dealing with history in view of modern notions of history and the science of history. But he also draws attention to the fact – and cites respective remarks by a renowned historian (Angelos Chaniotis) on the director of the film Alexander the Great, Oliver Stone – that even in our times the elements of the true and the fictitious can be fruitfully combined when it comes to the adequate representation of history. Intentional or not – what brings history to life and keeps it alive is narration.

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The Greeks and Their Histories
Myth, History, and Society
, pp. 133 - 137
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Concluding Perspectives
  • Hans-Joachim Gehrke, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
  • Translated by Raymond Geuss, University of Cambridge
  • Preface by Jonas Grethlein, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
  • Book: The Greeks and Their Histories
  • Online publication: 01 December 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009022279.009
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  • Concluding Perspectives
  • Hans-Joachim Gehrke, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
  • Translated by Raymond Geuss, University of Cambridge
  • Preface by Jonas Grethlein, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
  • Book: The Greeks and Their Histories
  • Online publication: 01 December 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009022279.009
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  • Concluding Perspectives
  • Hans-Joachim Gehrke, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
  • Translated by Raymond Geuss, University of Cambridge
  • Preface by Jonas Grethlein, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
  • Book: The Greeks and Their Histories
  • Online publication: 01 December 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009022279.009
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