Textual Strategies in Ancient War Narrative

Thermopylae, Cannae and Beyond
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-38333-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 29, 402 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 703 g

Reihe: Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

van Gils, Lidewij W.

Jong, Irene J.F. de

Kroon, Caroline H.M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Antike Kriegsführung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Textlinguistik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Lidewij 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 professor of Latin at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Irene de Jong is professor of Ancient Greek at the University of Amsterdam. She specializes in the analysis and interpretation of the forms and functions of narrative (Homer, Herodotus, and Greek narrative at large), making use of the modern theory of narratology. Publications include A narratological commentary on the Odyssey (Cambridge 2001), Homer Iliad Book XXII (Cambridge 2012), and Narratology and Classics. A Practical Guide (Oxford 2014).

Caroline Kroon, Ph.D. (1995), is professor of Latin at the University of Amsterdam. She is author of the monograph Discourse Particles in Latin (Gieben/Brill, 1995), and of many articles on discourse linguistic topics. Her current research is characterized by an interdisciplinary approach crossing the border between linguistics and literary studies.