The Greeks and their past : poetry, oratory and history in the fifth century BCE
| 1. Verfasser: |
Grethlein, Jonas, 1978-
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xii, 350 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 4 Datensätze |
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Table of contents only Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Part I, Clio polytropos : non-historiographical media of memory. Epinician poetry : Pindar, Olympian 2 ; Elegy : the 'new Simonides' and earlier elegies ; Tragedy : Aeschylus, Persae ; Epideictic oratory : Lysias, epitaphios logos ; Deliberative oratory : Andocides, de pace
- Part II, The rise of Greek historiography. Herodotus ; Thucydides ; Epilogue : historical fevers, ancient and modern ; Appendix : Lengthy historical narratives in Tyrtaeus and Mimnermus.
