A Case of Athenian 'Invention of Tradition'

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_5072
dc.title	A Case of Athenian 'Invention of Tradition'. The Arrival of Orestes in Athens (schol. Eur. Or. 1648 = Hellanic. fr. 169 Fowler)
dc.contributor.author	Pucci Luca
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/lexis-journal/2022/1/un-caso-di-invenzione-della-tradizione-ateniese/
dc.description.abstract	This contribution analyses fr. 169 Fowler of Hellanikos of Lesbos, which focuses on the first four characters tried in the Areopagus court. The goal is to reconstruct some of the possible ways in which the traditions about Orestes in Athens were created and updated over time.
dc.relation.ispartof	Lexis
dc.relation.ispartof	Num. 40 (n.s.) – Giugno 2022 – Fasc. 1
dc.issued	2022-06-30
dc.dateAccepted	2021-12-16
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-02-24
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2724-1564
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/Lexis/2724-1564/2022/01/004
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Areopagos
dc.subject	Hellanikos
dc.subject	Orestes
dc.subject	Spartan-Attic Traditions
dc.subject	δίκη φόνου

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The Arrival of Orestes in Athens (schol. Eur. Or. 1648 = Hellanic. fr. 169 Fowler)

Luca Pucci Independent Scholar

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abstract

This contribution analyses fr. 169 Fowler of Hellanikos of Lesbos, which focuses on the first four characters tried in the Areopagus court. The goal is to reconstruct some of the possible ways in which the traditions about Orestes in Athens were created and updated over time.

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June 30, 2022

Accepted

Dec. 16, 2021

Submitted

Feb. 24, 2021

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Keywords: Hellanikos • Orestes • Areopagos • Spartan-Attic Traditions • δίκη φόνου

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