Private and public lies : the discourse of despotism and deceit in the Graeco-Roman world /

Private and public lies : the discourse of despotism and deceit in the Graeco-Roman world /

Graeco-Roman literary works, historiography, and even the reporting of rumours were couched as if they came in response to an insatiable desire by ordinary citizens to know everything about the lives of their leaders, and to hold them to account, at some level, for their abuse of constitutional powe...

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Corporate Author: Private and public lies

Other Authors: Turner, Andrew J., Chong-Gossard, K. O., Vervaet, Frederik.

Format: Conference Proceeding eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Series: Impact of Empire 11.
Impact of Empire Online, ISBN: 9789004411142.

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Despotism > Greece > History > To 1500 > Congresses.
Despotism > Rome > History > Congresses.
Deception > Political aspects > History to 1500 > Greece > Congresses.
Deception > Political aspects > History > Rome > Congresses.

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Call Number: JC75.D4 P75 2010

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • A. Turner , J.K. On Chong-Gossard and F. Vervaet
  • Introduction /
  • Andrew J. Turner , Michael Crennan and K.O Chong-Gossard
  • Autochthonous Autocrats: The Tyranny Of The Athenian Democracy /
  • Jonathan Hall
  • Phokian Desperation: Private And Public In The Outbreak Of The Third Sacred War /
  • Peter Londey
  • Truth And Falsehood In Early Hellenistic Propaganda /
  • Brian Bosworth
  • Tyrannizing Sicily:The Despots Who Cried 'Carthage!' /
  • Jonathan Prag
  • Frigidus Rumor:The Creation Of A (Negative) Public Image In Rome /
  • Francisco Pina Polo
  • Deceit And The Struggle For Roman Franchise In Italy /
  • Christopher Dart
  • Pouvoirs Extraordinaires Et Tromperie. La Tentation De La Monarchie À La Fin De La République Romaine (82-44av. J.-C.) /
  • Frédéric Hurlet
  • Arrogating Despotic Power Through Deceit: The Pompeian Model For Augustan Dissimulatio /
  • Frederik Juliaan Vervaet
  • Deception, Lies, And Economy With The Truth: Augustus And The Establishment Of The Principate /
  • John Rich
  • Lucan's Cleopatra /
  • Andrew J. Turner
  • Damn With Great Praise? The Imperial Encomia Of Lucan And Silius /
  • John Penwill
  • What 'Lies' Behind Phaedrus' Fables? /
  • Enrica Sciarrino
  • Mendacia Maiorum: Tales Of Deceit In Pre-Republican Rome /
  • Parshia Lee-Stecum
  • Is There An Antidote To Caesar? The Despot As Venenum And Veneficus /
  • Cristina Calhoon
  • Who Slept With Whom In The Roman Empire? Women, Sex, And Scandal In Suetonius' Caesares /
  • James H. Kim On Chong-Gossard
  • From Priest To Emperor To Priest-Emperor: The Failed Legitimation Of Elagabalus /
  • Martijn Icks
  • Constantinus Tyrannus: Das Negative Konstantinsbild In Der Paganen Historiographie Und Seine Nuancen /
  • Bruno Bleckmann
  • Justinian, Procopius, And Deception: Literary Lies, Imperial Politics, And The Archaeology Of Sixth-Century Greece /
  • Amelia Brown
  • Despotism And Deceit: Yes, But What Happened Before And After? /
  • Ron Ridley
  • Bibliography /
  • A. Turner , J.K. On Chong-Gossard and F. Vervaet
  • Index /
  • A. Turner , J.K. On Chong-Gossard and F. Vervaet
  • Index Locorum /
  • A. Turner , J.K. On Chong-Gossard and F. Vervaet.