Literary Texts and the Greek HistorianThis original survey explores the ways in which non-historical texts as well as historical ones can be used to construct Greek historical accounts. It examines the fifth century authors Demosthenes, Lysias and Thucydides, as well as Greek tragedy and comedy. |
Contents
Rhetoric and history 415 вс | 18 |
Andocides | 26 |
Reconstructing mentalities | 37 |
How far would they | 44 |
Platnea 43127 вс | 61 |
Explanatory narrative | 82 |
Thucydides speeches | 111 |
approaching | 123 |
a plea for peace? | 158 |
Tragedy and ideology | 164 |
constructing gender | 189 |
texts audiences truth | 246 |
Notes | 254 |
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