Chapter 8 Polis Patriotism and the Writing of Athenian History: Philochoros of Athens
In: Politeia and Koinōnia
Author:
Rosalind Thomas
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Abstract
This chapter examines the greatest of the Athenian local historians, Philochoros of Athens, and his preoccupations in the light of polis participation and patriotism in the early third century BCE. Resisting Jacoby’s interpretative framework, it sees Philochoros’ vision of Athenian religious cults, customs and history as a whole, drama and philosophers part of the central picture, and as a presentation of Athenian civic identity and significance in a period of profound change.