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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مؤلفون آخرون: , ,
التنسيق: وقائع المؤتمر كتاب الكتروني
اللغة: English
منشور في:
Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston :
Brill,
2010.
سلاسل:
Impact of Empire
11.
Impact of Empire Online, ISBN: 9789004411142.
الموضوعات:
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الوسوم: إضافة وسم
رقم الطلب: JC75.D4 P75 2010
| الملخص: | 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 powers for personal ends. Ancient writers were equally fascinated with how these same individuals used deceit as a powerful tool to disguise private and public reality. The chapters in this collection examine the themes of despotism and deceit from both historical and literary perspectives, over a range of historical periods including classical Athens, the Hellenistic kingdoms, late republican and early imperial Rome, late antiquity, and Byzantium. |
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| وصف المادة: | "Represents the proceedings of the conference ... held at the University of Melbourne from 7-10 July 2008"--Pref. |
| وصف مادي: | 1 online resource. |
| بيبلوغرافيا: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-423) and indexes. |
| ردمك: | 9789004188839 |
| تدمد: | 1572-0500 ; |
| وصول: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |