• Syene as 'face of battle': Heliodorus and late antique historiography

    Author(s):
    Alan J. Ross (see profile)
    Date:
    2015
    Item Type:
    Article
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6JJ8N
    Abstract:
    Although it has long been recognised that Heliodorus imbues his novel with verisimilitude via intertextual engagement with earlier historians, particularly Herodotus, this article argues that Heliodorus looked to contemporary, late antique exponents of historiography to provide stylistic models for his narrative of the siege of Syene in Book 9 of the Aethiopica. Conversely, this article also demonstrates that some historians, particularly Ammianus Marcellinus, composed their narratives of historical sieges based upon narrative topoi, and not exclusively, as has sometimes been suggested, on their personal experience of battle.
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    Pub. Date:
    2015
    Journal:
    Ancient Narrative
    Volume:
    12
    Page Range:
    1 - 26
    ISSN:
    1568-3532
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    6 years ago
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    All Rights Reserved
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