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.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Autochthonous Autocrats: The Tyranny Of The Athenian Democracy /; Phokian Desperation: Private And Public In The Outbreak Of The Third Sacred War /; Truth And Falsehood In Early Hellenistic Propaganda /; Tyrannizing Sicily:The Despots Who Cried ‘Carthage!’ /; Frigidus Rumor:The Creation Of A (Negative) Public Image In Rome /; Deceit And The Struggle For Roman Franchise In Italy /; Pouvoirs Extraordinaires Et Tromperie. La Tentation De La Monarchie À La Fin De La République Romaine (82–44av. J.-C.) /; Arrogating Despotic Power Through Deceit: The Pompeian Model For Augustan Dissimulatio /; Deception, Lies, And Economy With The Truth: Augustus And The Establishment Of The Principate /; Lucan’s Cleopatra /; Damn With Great Praise? The Imperial Encomia Of Lucan And Silius /; What ‘Lies’ Behind Phaedrus’ Fables? /; Mendacia Maiorum: Tales Of Deceit In Pre-Republican Rome /; Is There An Antidote To Caesar? The Despot As Venenum And Veneficus /; Who Slept With Whom In The Roman Empire? Women, Sex, And Scandal In Suetonius’ Caesares /; From Priest To Emperor To Priest-Emperor: The Failed Legitimation Of Elagabalus /; Constantinus Tyrannus: Das Negative Konstantinsbild In Der Paganen Historiographie Und Seine Nuancen /; Justinian, Procopius, And Deception: Literary Lies, Imperial Politics, And The Archaeology Of Sixth-Century Greece /; Despotism And Deceit: Yes, But What Happened Before And After? /; Bibliography /; Index /; Index Locorum /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1282787136; 9786612787133; 9004188835
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Andrew Turner, K.O. Chong-Gossard, and Frederik Vervaet.

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 powers for personal ends. Ancient writers were equally fascinated with how these same individuals used deceit as a powerful tool to disguise private and public reality. The chapters in this collection examine the themes of despotism and deceit from both historical and literary perspectives, over a range of historical periods including classical Athens, the Hellenistic kingdoms, late republican and early imperial Rome, late antiquity, and Byzantium.