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The Parthenon, Pericles and King Solomon: A case study of Ottoman archaeological imagination in Greece

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Key Fowden, E 

Abstract

jats:pWhat made Athens different from other multi-layered cities absorbed into the Ottoman Empire was the strength of its ancient reputation for learning that echoed across the Arabic and Ottoman worlds. But not only sages were remembered and Islamized in Athens; sometimes political figures were too. In the early eighteenth century a mufti of Athens, Mahmud Efendi, wrote a rarely studiedjats:italicHistory of the City of Sages (Tarih-i Medinetü’l-Hukema)</jats:italic>in which he transformed Pericles into a wise leader on a par with the Qur'anic King Solomon and linked the Parthenon mosque to Solomon's temple in Jerusalem.</jats:p>

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Keywords

Ottoman Athens, Parthenon mosque, Mahmud Efendi, Evliya Celebi, Islamic archaeology, Ottomanization

Journal Title

Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies

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Journal ISSN

0307-0131
1749-625X

Volume Title

42

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Sponsorship
European Research Council (693418)