Chapter Eight. What The Mnemones Know
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20052666 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edwin Carawan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Pages | 163-184 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Orality, literacy, memory in the ancient Greek and Roman world (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/ej.9789004169913.i-284.41 |
| OpenAlex | W114149205 |
| ISBN | 9789004169913 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The main provisions of the decree deal with mnemones , official rememberers. This chapter aims to reach a better understanding of their role in this particular context. It first re-examines the broken text and traces the main lines of interpretation that diverge from it, then considers the closest comparanda, in order to see what it is that early mnemones are especially called to witness and how they apply that knowledge. Based on that profile the chapter proposes a new reconstruction of the role that mnemones were expected to play in the Lygdamis decree. The Lygdamis decree seems to record a similar process: in the midst of civil conflict people relocated to safe areas, sold or traded property, or forfeited it for the polis to dispose of. The local mnemones were official partners in those transactions, under Apollonides at Halikarnassos and Megabates at Salmakis. Keywords: Apollonides; Halikarnassos; Lygdamis decree; mnemones ; Salmakis
Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · History
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
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| Citation span | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |