Textual strategies in ancient war narrative : Thermopylae, Cannae and beyond /

Textual strategies in ancient war narrative : Thermopylae, Cannae and beyond /

In this collected volume fourteen experts in the fields of Classics and Ancient History study the textual strategies used by Herodotus and Livy when recounting the disastrous battles at Thermopylae and Cannae. Literary, linguistic and historical approaches are used (often in combination) in order to...

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Other Authors: Gils, Lidewij van (Editor), Jong, Irene J. F. de (Editor), Kroon, Caroline (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

Series: Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology 29.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004386266.

Subjects:

Livy > Criticism and interpretation.
Herodotus > Criticism and interpretation.
War in literature.
Thermopylae, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C.
Cannae, Battle of, Italy, 216 B.C.
Greece > History, Military.
Rome > History, Military.

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Call Number: DE61.W35 T49 2018

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Preface
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction /
  • Lidewij van Gils , Irene de Jong and Caroline Kroon
  • Thermopylae
  • Thermopylae: Herodotus versus the Legend /
  • Hans van Wees
  • A Narratological Comparison of Herodotus and Diodorus on Thermopylae /
  • Mathieu de Bakker
  • Narrative and Identity in Thermopylae (Herodotus 7.201-7.239) /
  • Antonis Tsakmakis
  • Herodotus' Handling of (Narratological) Time in the Thermopylae Passage /
  • Irene de Jong
  • Herodotus and Thucydides: Distance and Immersion /
  • Rutger Allan
  • Cannae
  • Livy on Cannae: a Literary Overview /
  • Stephen Oakley
  • Discourse-Linguistic Strategies in Livy's Account of the Battle at Cannae /
  • Lidewij van Gils and Caroline Kroon
  • Who Knows What Will Happen Next? Livy's fraus Punica from a Literary Point of View /
  • Dennis Pausch
  • Livy's Use of Spatial References in the Cannae Episode: from Structure to Strategy /
  • Lidewij van Gils
  • ET RATIO ET RES: Characterization of Roman Conduct through Speech Representation in the Battle of Cannae /
  • Michel Buijs
  • Words When It's Time for Action: Representations of Speech and Thought in the Battles of Cannae and Zama /
  • Suzanne Adema
  • Beyond Thermopylae and Cannae
  • Thermopylae and Cannae: How One Battle Narrative Enriches Another /
  • Mathieu de Bakker and Michiel van der Keur
  • The Great and the Small: Thermopylae and Sphacteria /
  • Adriaan Rademaker
  • Force, Frequency and Focalisation: the Function of Similes in the Battle-Narrative of Vergil, Aeneid 10 /
  • Stephen Harrison
  • Parallel Plotlines: the Function of Similes in the Battle Narrative of Vergil, Aeneid 10 (2) /
  • Michiel van der Keur
  • Back Matter
  • Index.