| Authors |
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| Publication date |
2019
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| Host editors |
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L. van Gils
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I. de Jong
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C. Kroon
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| Book title |
Textual Strategies in Ancient War Narrative
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| Book subtitle |
Thermopylae, Cannae and beyond
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| ISBN |
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| ISBN (electronic) |
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| Series |
Amsterdam studies in classical philology
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| Event |
International Conference Textual Strategies in Greek and Latin War Narrative, Amsterdam
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| Pages (from-to) |
293-315
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| Publisher |
Leiden: Brill
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| Organisations |
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Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School of Historical Studies (ASH)
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| Abstract |
In battle, warriors should act, not speak or think. This, in any case, is the impression we get from Latin narratives about battle, in which speech and thought tend to be less frequent than in other types of episodes. The preference of narrators for actions over words in the thick of battle is a reason to give all the more significance to the speeches and thoughts that they do present in their battle episodes. Therefore, the topic of this article is formed by the speeches and thoughts in Livy’s episode about the battle of Cannae, in contrast to those in the episode about the battle of Zama.
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| Document type |
Chapter
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| Language |
English
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| Published at |
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004383340_013
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