Thucydides Homericus and the episode of Mykalessus (Th. 7.29-30): Myth and history, space and collective memory

Fragoulaki, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2192-5785 2020. Thucydides Homericus and the episode of Mykalessus (Th. 7.29-30): Myth and history, space and collective memory. Fragoulaki, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2192-5785 and Constantakopoulou, Christy, eds. Shaping Memory in Ancient Greece: Poetry, Historiography and Epigraphy, Vol. 11. Histos Supplementary Volumes, pp. 37-86.

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Abstract

Mycalessus, a city in Boeotia which Thucydides describes as ‘not big’, becomes the stage of one of the most atrocious episodes in the History of the Peloponnesian War. The question, ‘Why does Thucydides pay so much attention to this local incident?’ has been dealt with in the bibliography, together with that of the position and role of the episode in the narrative of the Sicilian expedition. This chapter suggests that the mentions of Mycalessus in the Homeric Catalogue of Ships and the Homeric Hymn to Apollo must be viewed as significant intertexts for Thucydides’ interaction with epic material, and for the shaping of his historical narrative as a document of panhellenic memory.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
ISSN:	2046-5955
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 13:32
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/103966

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