Alexander the Great in Arrian’s ›Anabasis‹ : : A Literary Portrait / / Vasileios Liotsakis.
Arrian’s Alexandrou Anabasis constitutes the most reliable account at our disposal about Alexander the Great's campaign in Asia. However, whereas the work has been thoroughly studied as a historical source, its literary qualities have been relatively neglected, with no autonomous monograph exis...
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Liotsakis, Vasileios, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Alexander the Great in Arrian’s ›Anabasis‹ : A Literary Portrait / Vasileios Liotsakis. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019] ©2019 1 online resource (XI, 284 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes , 1868-4785 ; 78 Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Overall Design: From Praise to Criticism -- 2. March-Narrative and Characterization -- 3. Atemporality and Characterization -- 4. Arrian Homericus: Alexander, the Epic Hero -- 5. General Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index nominum et rerum -- Index locorum restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Arrian’s Alexandrou Anabasis constitutes the most reliable account at our disposal about Alexander the Great's campaign in Asia. However, whereas the work has been thoroughly studied as a historical source, its literary qualities have been relatively neglected, with no autonomous monograph existing on this matter. Vasileios Liotsakis fills this gap in the studies of Alexander the Great’s literary tradition, by offering the first monograph on Arrian’s compositional strategies. Liotsakis focuses on the narrative techniques and verbal choices, through which Arrian allows praise and criticism to intermingle in his portrait of the Macedonian king. His main point of argument is that Arrian systematically exploits an abundance of narrative means (military descriptions, presentation of peoples, march-narratives, anachronies, and epic elements) in order to draw the reader’s attention not only to Alexander’s intellectual skills but also to the fact that the king was gradually corrupted by his success. This book puts Arrian’s literary contrivances under the microscope, sheds new light on unexplored aspects of the Anabasis’ narrative arrangement, and contributes to the studies of Alexander’s prosopography in Classical historiography. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023) Alexander der Große. Arrian. Mazedonien. LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical. bisacsh Alexander the Great. Alexandrou Anabasis. Macedonia. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2019 Part 1 9783110762464 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2019 9783110719567 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE DG 2019 English 9783110616859 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English 9783110610765 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 9783110664232 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Classical Studies 2019 English 9783110610093 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Classical Studies 2019 9783110605945 ZDB-23-DGD EPUB 9783110658798 print 9783110658736 https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110659979 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110659979 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110659979/original |
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