Reclaiming the Past examines the post-antique history of
Argos and how the city's archaeological remains have been perceived
and experienced since the late eighteenth century by both local
residents and foreign visitors to the Greek Peloponnese. The first
western visitors to Argos—a city continuously inhabited for six
millennia—invariably expected to encounter landscapes described
in classical texts—yet what they found fell far short of those
expectations. At the same time, local meanings attributed to
ancient sites reflected an understanding of the past at odds with
the supposed expertise of classically educated outsiders. Â
Jonathan M. Hall details how new views of Argos emerged after the
Greek War of Independence (1821–1830) with the adoption of
national narratives connecting the newly independent kingdom to its
ancient Hellenic past. With rising local antiquarianism at the end
of the nineteenth century, new tensions surfaced between conserving
the city's archaeological heritage and promoting urban development.
By carefully assessing the competing knowledge claims between
insiders and outsiders over Argos's rich history, Reclaiming
the Past addresses pressing questions about who owns the
past.
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