ABSTRACT
The aim of this paper is to discuss the presence of Antiquity in subsequent periods as a defining feature of cultures and epochs. Two concepts are often used in the attempt to grasp such reuse-processes: ‘reception’ and ‘uses of the past’. In consistent dialogue with the international literature in the field, Brazilian studies on the reception and uses of the past have evolved in significant ways, particularly with the contributions of leading scholars such as Francisco Murari Pires, Pedro Paulo Abreu Funari, and José Antônio Dabdab Trabulsi. These fields emerged and were established primarily within the Working Group on Ancient History of the National Association of Historians (GTHA-Anpuh), to express themselves through national and international publications of Brazilian authors. In addition to its analysis of this process in studies on Ancient History and distinct definitions, approaches and dissociations between forms of reception and uses of the past, this article sheds light on one brief case study regarding the city of Curitiba as an example of long term presence of Greek and Roman culture in Brazilian History.
Keywords:
receptions of Antiquity; uses of the past; Curitiba