9789004383333 - Textual Strategies in Ancient War Narrative: Thermopylae, Cannae and Beyond (Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology, Band 29) (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorLidewij van Gils obtained her PhD in 2009 with an analysis of the narrationes in Cicero s speeches. Currently, her focus is on Latin historiography and the linguistic aspects of common ground. She is assistant p.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 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 enhance and enrich the interpretation of the accounts, which for obvious reasons confronted the authors with a special challenge. Chapters drawing a comparison with other battle narratives and with other genres help to establish genre-specific elements in ancient historiography, and draw attention to the particular techniques employed by Herodotus and Livy in their war narratives.