Lies and fiction in the ancient world / edited by Christopher Gill and T.P. Wiseman.
Lies and fiction in the ancient world / edited by Christopher Gill and T.P. Wiseman.
Lies and fiction in the ancient world / edited by Christopher Gill and T.P. Wiseman.
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Austin : University of Texas Press, 1993.
Date
1993.
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N880.09/9
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English
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xviii, 263 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Prologue / Michael Wood -- Ch. 1. Lies, Fiction and Slander in Early Greek Poetry / E.L. Bowie -- Ch. 2. Plato on Falsehood - not Fiction / Christopher Gill -- Ch. 3. Truth and Untruth in Herodotus and Thucydides / J.L. Moles -- Ch. 4. Lying Historians: Seven Types of Mendacity / T.P. Wiseman -- Ch....
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Austin : University of Texas Press, 1993.
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1st University of Texas Press ed.
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Texas
Date Published
1993.
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Summary
Where the boundary lies between falsehood and fiction, between an actual untruth and an admitted invention, has set off many debates in intellectual circles. In classical studies, this issue has gained prominence through the upsurge of interest in the ancient novel and through recent work on the rhetorical character of ancient historiography.
This pathfinding collection of essays charts the borderland between falsehood and fiction in the ancient world, especially by considering how far "lying" was distinguished from "fiction" at different periods and in different genres. The areas covered are early Greek poetry (E. L. Bowie), Plato (Christopher Gill), Greek and Roman historiography (J....
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Lies and fiction in the ancient world / edited by Christopher Gill and T.P. Wiseman.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-254) and indexes.
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N880.09/9
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ISBN
0292727674
9780292727670
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880.09
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991022498849702626
