Many classical scholars are familiar with the widespread admiration for ancient Sparta among white ethnonationalists, anti-government groups, and advocates for civilian gun ownership. Fewer are aware that democratic Athens is also a significant source of inspiration for white supremacists, as I have found in my research for my website Pharos documenting these groups’ admiration for Greco-Roman antiquity. Unlike appropriations of Sparta, the examples of white ethnonationalist interpretations of Athens that I will present highlight the similarities between white supremacist, popular, and even some disciplinary approaches to Greco-Roman antiquity.
Curtis Dozier teaches in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at Vassar College. He is the director of Pharos: Doing Justice to the Classics (pharosclassics.vassar.edu), a website that documents appropriations of Greco-Roman antiquity by hate groups.
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