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Leonidas' monument at the Thermopylae, source:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leonidas‘_statue.jpgLECTURE AT THE OeAI AT ATHENS
THE ‘PERSIAN WARS’: AN ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVE?
ROBERT ROLLINGER (INNSBRUCK/ WROCŁAW)
If we look at the never-ending stream of contributions to the topic by modern scholarship one cannot avoid
the conclusion that all modern Histories’ of the ‘Persian Wars’ are still more or less witty and erudite
reproductions of Herodotus´ Histories. The basis of this approach is the adamant conviction that Herodotus´ was
able (and willing) to separate fact from fiction and that his Histories by and large report what essentially had
happened. The lecture tries to demonstrate the serious problems related to such an approach and to propose an
alternative way to explore the topic.
The lecture will take place on the premises of the Austrian Archaeological Institute at Athens.
For online attendance, please register via zoom:
https://oeaw-ac-at.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5AtfuiurDosHt1oEGIwZ0ISJuxfDWL_KHgu
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Leoforos Alexandras 26, 10683 Athens, Greece, Λεωφόρος Αλεξάνδρας 26, 106 83 Αθήνα, Ελλάδα, Athens, Greece
