VERSIONS OF HISTORY IN ANCIENT GREECE

J. Stenger, in 'Pluralising and Reducing in Pindar's Victory Songs', provides evidence of a 'circular structure of history' that shows us 'models' of a 'typically epinician way of linking past and present' (pp. 23-4).The accusations against Ctesias of bei...

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Published in:	The Classical Review 2018, Vol.68 (1), p.8-11
Main Author:	Dal Borgo, Manuela
Format:	Review
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Diodorus Siculus Euripides (484-406 BC) Greek civilization Greek literature Herodotus (c. 484 – 425/413 BCE) Historians Historiography Reviews Rhetoric Sophocles (496?-06 BC) Thucydides (471-400 BC) Tragedies Writers
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Summary:	J. Stenger, in 'Pluralising and Reducing in Pindar's Victory Songs', provides evidence of a 'circular structure of history' that shows us 'models' of a 'typically epinician way of linking past and present' (pp. 23-4).The accusations against Ctesias of being unreliable are simply part of the competitive rhetoric found within the milieu of the historians aimed at bolstering each individual's authority (pp. 182-3).The argument relies on the ancient rivalry amongst historians on what were the characteristics of accuracy (akribeia) and the objective evaluation of actions through praise and blame (epainein and psegein) (pp. 227-8).[...]Justin is comfortable with the story, and it fits thematically into his work (pp. 261-2).
ISSN:	0009-840X 1464-3561