Private and public lies : the discourse of despotism and deceit in the Graeco-Roman world / / edited by Andrew Turner, K.O. Chong-Gossard, and Frederik Vervaet.

• Author: Private and public lies
• TeilnehmendeR: Turner, Andrew J.; Chong-Gossard, K. O.; Vervaet, Frederik.; Private and public lies (2008 : University of Melbourne)
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Impact of Empire 11.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (459 p.)
• Notes: "Represents the proceedings of the conference ... held at the University of Melbourne from 7-10 July 2008"--Pref.

Graeco-Roman literary works, historiography, and even the reporting of rumours were couched as if they came in response to an insatiable desire by ordinary citizens to know everything about the lives of their leaders, and to hold them to account, at some level, for their abuse of constitutional powe...