Mnemosyne, Supplements500 Memory, Space and Mindscapes in Ancient Greece

This volume takes us to the heart of how the ancient Greeks, from Pindar to Actium, deployed a strong sense of place and locality, along with the stuff of memory—stories, myths, and narratives—to shape communal identities. Building on different types of evidence, and spanning from Archaic to Roman times, the contributors to this volume address the complex relationship of memory and space in a variety of instances and methodological approaches. As a whole, the volume emphasizes how the Greeks deployed a strong sense of place and locality, especially the epichoric element, in communion with the stuff of memory—stories, myths, and narratives—to shape communal identities. This is far more than a matter of inventing traditions and rather takes us to the heart of how the Greeks experienced their worlds. From Pindar to Actium, for the Greeks the world was experienced as a series of mnemotopes.