Undying Glory: Preservation of Memory in Greek Athletics, War Memorials, and Funeral Orations

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dc.contributor.authorHainy, Joshua D.
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-25T00:41:59Z
dc.date.available2010-08-25T00:41:59Z
dc.date.issued2010-06
dc.descriptionvi, 100 p. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.en_US
dc.description.abstractAncient Greek acts of commemoration aimed to preserve the memory of an event or an individual. By examining the commemoration of athletic victory, military success, and death in battle, with reliance upon theories ofmemory, this study examines how each form of commemoration offered immortality. A vital aspect was the way they joined word and material reminder. Athletes could maintain their glory by erecting statues or commissioning epinician odes, which often relied on image and words. The physical and ideological reconfiguration of the plain of Marathon linked the battle's memory to a location. Pericles' oration offered eternal praise to both the war dead and Athens, an Athens crafted as a monument by Pericles to remain for future generations. In different and complimentary ways, all of these forms of commemoration preserved the glory of a deed or an individual for posterity.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCommittee in Charge: Dr. Mary Jaeger, Chair; Dr. Christopher Eckermanen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/10638
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUniversity of Oregon theses, Dept. of Classics, M.A., 2010;
dc.subjectMemory -- Social aspects -- Greece
dc.titleUndying Glory: Preservation of Memory in Greek Athletics, War Memorials, and Funeral Orationsen_US
dc.title.alternativePreservation of Memory in Greek Athletics, War Memorials, and Funeral Orationsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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