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Progonoplexia is a concept originated in Ancient Greece to describe a fixation with genealogy, royal descent and family history.

Originally an aristocratic pursuit, Eviatar Zerubavel noted the concept "goes back thousands of years to Hesiod's Theogony and the Bible." He noted claims suggesting that in the United States of America the interest is second only to gardening as a hobby, and pornography in website traffic. Also known as 'Ancestoritis, Christos Mylonas described it as an "inate belief of a linear descent from the classical past", giving a "precept of national distinction within a highly contested spatial and cultural constellation". Paul Stephenson suggested the fundamental importance of understanding history to "comprehend and shape the present and the future". Arguing for it's intrinsic correctness, Stephenson suggests "every generation must rewrite the past to give it meaning, and in doing so ask new questions of the evidence at hand."

It is similar to Arkhaiolatreia; a concept used to describe "excessive reverance of antiquity".

See also

• Descent from antiquity
• Descent from Genghis Khan
• Genealogy of the British Royal Family
• Genealogical relationships of Presidents of the United States#Presidents related to royalty
• Most recent common ancestor

References

1. Richard Clogg (20 June 2002). A Concise History of Greece. Cambridge University Press. pp. 2–. ISBN 978-0-521-00479-4. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
2. ^ Paul Stephenson (7 August 2003). The Legend of Basil the Bulgar-Slayer. Cambridge University Press. pp. 11–. ISBN 978-0-521-81530-7. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
3. Eviatar Zerubavel (12 October 2011). Ancestors and Relatives:Genealogy, Identity, and Community. Oxford University Press. pp. 4–. ISBN 978-0-19-991231-5. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
4. Christos Mylonas (2003). Serbian Orthodox Fundamentals: The Quest for Eternal Identity. Central European University Press. pp. 219–. ISBN 978-963-9241-61-9. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
5. Felipe Fernández-Armesto (1994). The Times guide to the peoples of Europe, p. 207. Times Books. ISBN 978-0-7230-0624-4. Retrieved 27 November 2012.

• Kinship and descent
• Genealogy