Pulp Fiction Folly and Violence in Hellenistic Athens-FR

Event date(s): September 29, 2023
Time(s): 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Category: Fredericton
Location: Fredericton

Join the Department of Historical Studies and guest lecturer Dr. Frances Pownall for this exciting talk examining the over-the-top scenes of folly and violence that occur in the Greek historians' descriptions of the Successors to Alexander the Great who controlled Athens in the early Hellenistic period. The Greek sources deliberately misrepresent the Successors’ attempts to be viewed as legitimate rulers with divine authority, transforming their conspicuous displays of wealth and power into the stereotypes generally applied to tyrants. Although this historiographical process occurred throughout the Successor kingdoms, it is especially interesting to examine it in the case of Athens, the birthplace of democracy, where the struggle for political independence underlay relations with the Successors in the early Hellenistic Period. This event is part of the Atlantic Tour of the Classical Association of Canada. Reception will follow -- all are welcome!

Building: Tilley Hall

Room Number: 124