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Aineias and History: The Purpose and Context of Historical Narrative in the Poliorketika
Maria Pretzler 
Brill's Companion to Aineias Tacticus , Pages: 68 - 95
Swansea University Author:
Maria Pretzler
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DOI (Published version): 10.1163/9789004352858_006
Abstract
This chapter discusses the 'historical vignettes' included in Aineias Tacticus' Poliorketika. I survey the way in which historical information is placed in its topographical and chronological context (or not), how the narratives are constructed, and how these short narratives are used...
| Published in: | Brill's Companion to Aineias Tacticus |
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| ISBN: | 978-90-04-22351-6 9789004352858 |
| ISSN: | 1872-3357 |
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Leiden
BRILL
2017
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31785 |
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This chapter discusses the 'historical vignettes' included in Aineias Tacticus' Poliorketika. I survey the way in which historical information is placed in its topographical and chronological context (or not), how the narratives are constructed, and how these short narratives are used as an integral part of didactic writing. Aineias was still experimenting with the military manual, and we see crucial aspects of the genre emerging in his work. |
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| Item Description: |
Edited by Maria Pretzler and Nick Barley |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Start Page: |
68 |
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95 |