Separated city. Oblivion in the memory of Athens. Loro N.

in 403 BC The short but bloody period of the history of ancient Athens ended: the army of exile democrats put an end to the rule of the "thirty tyrants". The winners could enjoy revenge, but instead Athenian citizens - probably for the first time in history - came to a decision on an amnesty. The warring parties swore “not to recall the malignations of the past” - to forget about the Civil War (Stasis) and the associated atrocities.

But is it possible to finally erase Stasis from memory and turn the page? What if a conscious act of political oblivion launches a process similar to Freudian crowding out? Nicole Loro scrupulously studies traces of this process, attracting a wide arsenal of ancient sources and modern analytical tools. Her Athens live, fight, mourn, but most importantly, they continue to keep the memory of the events of the past, which citizens agreed to forget.

Nicole Loro (1943–2003) - researcher of the history and anthropology of ancient Greece, professor of the Higher School of Social Sciences in Paris.