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Document Details : Title: The Ktisis of Massalia Revisited Subtitle: What to do woth Contradictory Ancient Sources? Author(s): MAUERSBERG, Martin Journal: Ancient West & East Volume: 14 Date: 2015 Pages: 145-168 DOI: 10.2143/AWE.14.0.3108191 Abstract : The ktisis of Massalia is a model case of an event that is transmitted to us via contradictory ancient sources. This article studies how Classicists struggle to extract the historical course of events and which methodological difficulties they encounter in their task. Additionally, the ancient statements on the early history of Massalia are revisited to reconstruct the way in which ancient knowledge of this issue developed. This examination should lead to a better understanding of the circumstances under which knowledge of the subject evolved and allow inferences concerning its possible connections to historical reality. |
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