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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مؤلفون آخرون: Gils, Lidewij van (المحرر), Jong, Irene J. F. de (المحرر), Kroon, Caroline (المحرر)

التنسيق: كتاب الكتروني

اللغة: English

منشور في: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

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

الموضوعات:

Livy > Criticism and interpretation.

Herodotus > Criticism and interpretation.

War in literature.

Thermopylae, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C.