Textual strategies in ancient war narrative : Thermopylae, Cannae and beyond

Textual strategies in ancient war narrative : Thermopylae, Cannae and beyond / edited by Lidewij van Gils, Irene J.F. de Jong, Caroline Kroon.

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...

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Other Authors: Gils, Lidewij van (Editor), Jong, Irene J. F. de (Editor), Kroon, Caroline (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.
Series:Amsterdam studies in classical philology ; v. 29.
Subjects:
Livy > Criticism and interpretation.
Herodotus > Criticism and interpretation.
Herodotus
Livy
480-216 B.C.
War in literature.
Thermopylae, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C.
Cannae, Battle of, Italy, 216 B.C.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
War in literature
Greece > History, Military.
Rome > History, Military.
Greece
Italy
Rome (Empire)
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Military history
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