Textual Strategies in Ancient War Narrative : Thermopylae, Cannae and Beyond (Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology)

van Gils, Lidewij (EDT)/ Jong, Irene J.F. (EDT)/ Kroon, Caroline H.M. (EDT)

Brill（2019/01発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 402 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789004383333
• DDC分類 938.03

Full Description

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.

Contents

Preface
Notes on Contributors

1 Introduction
 Lidewij van Gils, Irene de Jong and Caroline Kroon

Part 1 Thermopylae

2 Thermopylae: Herodotus versus the Legend
 Hans van Wees

3 A Narratological Comparison of Herodotus and Diodorus on Thermopylae
 Mathieu de Bakker

4 Narrative and Identity in Thermopylae (Herodotus 7.201-7.239)
 Antonis Tsakmakis

5 Herodotus' Handling of (Narratological) Time in the Thermopylae Passage
 Irene J.F. de Jong

6 Herodotus and Thucydides: Distance and Immersion
 Rutger Allan

Part 2 Cannae

7 Livy on Cannae: a Literary Overview
 Stephen Oakley

8 Discourse-Linguistic Strategies in Livy's Account of the Battle at Cannae
 Lidewij van Gils and Caroline Kroon

9 Who Knows What Will Happen Next? Livy's fraus Punica from a Literary Point of View
 Dennis Pausch

10 Livy's Use of Spatial References in the Cannae Episode: from Structure to Strategy
 Lidewij van Gils

11 ET RATIO ET RES: Characterization of Roman Conduct through Speech Representation in the Battle of Cannae
 Michel Buijs

12 Words When It's Time for Action: Representations of Speech and Thought in the Battles of Cannae and Zama
 Suzanne Adema

Part 3 Beyond Thermopylae and Cannae

13 Thermopylae and Cannae: How One Battle Narrative Enriches Another
 Mathieu de Bakker and Michiel van der Keur

14 The Great and the Small: Thermopylae and Sphacteria
 Adriaan Rademaker

15 Force, Frequency and Focalisation: the Function of Similes in the Battle Narrative of Vergil, Aeneid 10
 Stephen Harrison

16 Parallel Plotlines: the Function of Similes in the Battle-Narrative of Vergil, Aeneid 10 (2)
 Michiel van der Keur

Index