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This volume explores the multiple perceptions of Hellenic antiquity in modern Greece, a central yet contested aspect of modern Greek national identity ever since the foundation of the Greek state in 1830. How did the various disciplines of modern Greek classical scholarship cultivate conceptions of Hellenic antiquity that suited the national narrative of the continuity of Greek history? In what ways did modern Greeks engage with and adapt Western European ideas about ancient Greece? How were the dominant views of Hellenic antiquity reinforced or challenged by alternative perspectives appearing within scholarship, but also in the arts and the public sphere? And how was Hellenic antiquity turned into a commodity that could be consumed and exploited in the tourism industry as well as in Greece's relations with other countries? By bringing together specialists from a wide spectrum of disciplines to address such questions, the volume aims to shed light on the diversity of modern Greek perceptions of ancient Greece and their usages from the 19th to the 21st century.

Ce volume est consacre aux differentes interpretations de l'Antiquite grecque depuis la fondation de l'Etat en 1830 jusqu'a nos jours. Comment les savoirs disciplinaires ont-ils faconne des conceptions de l'Antiquite conformes au recit national? De quelle maniere les Grecs dialoguent-ils avec les savoirs classiques europeens? Quelles lectures alternatives du passe antique, emanant du monde academique, du monde artistique, voire de l'espace public, ont enterine ou, au contraire, remis en question la vision dominante de l'Antiquite elaboree par les historiens grecs du XIXe siecle dans une perspective nationale voire nationaliste? Dans quelle mesure, enfin, l'Antiquite a-t-elle ete marchandisee au profit de l'industrie touristique ou des relations entre la Grece et les pays etrangers? Dans un esprit pluridisciplinaire, le volume vise a mettre en lumiere la multiplicite des perceptions et les usages grecs modernes de l'Antiquite entre le XIXe et le XXIe siecles.