Herodotus’ Account of the Corruption of the Pythia in the Story of Demaratus (VI, 60-84): From False Political Speech to True Historical Account. In his “Story of Demaratus”, Herodotus presents the Pythia as having been corrupted by king Cleomenes of Sparta in order to expose his colleague Demaratus as a bastard and therefore unable to rule. The episode has often been regarded as realistic, if not altogether factual. However, a thorough study of the passage shows that the corruption of the Pythia is only one link in a great narrative chain of corruption in which the protagonists are all ultimately punished. Moreover, Herodotus’ account proves that, despite being corrupted, the Pythia nonetheless tells the truth even if no one initially reco...
The name given to holders of autocratic power is evidently a reflection and crucible for complex pol...
Appearance and concealment : the role of the speeches in Thucydides’ Peloponnesian War Thucydides p...
Cette thèse cherche à déterminer les circonstances qui ont conduit des populations parfois nombreuse...
Portrait of Herodotus in the light of Plutarch’s treatise De Herodoti malignitate As a Platonist and...
Historia and Plot. The “mimetic” resources of Herodotus’ Inquiry. The opposition between “ narrative...
Herodotus´ History is the first extant literary work in which the activities and the characters of t...
This king, in many ways strange in the Spartan system, is not studied. Our springs are very poor, so...
Examination of some obstacles complicating the study of the pre-Hellenistic Cypriot royal institutio...
Cette thèse explore la notion de corruption dans le Corpus hippocratique et dans les tragédies d’Eur...
Herodotus´ History is the first extant literary work in which the activities and the characters of t...
Herodotos and Thoukydides report on many occasions that kings, polis leaders, and other politicians ...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1987This dissertation examines the importance of Herodotu...
Nicolas of Damas had at his disposal the same documents as Herodotus but he was more interested in t...
How are we to interpret the apparent conflict between Helen and Menelaus that arises in Odyssey, IV,...
This thesis seeks to determine the circumstances that led large populations to rally to impostors wh...
The name given to holders of autocratic power is evidently a reflection and crucible for complex pol...
Appearance and concealment : the role of the speeches in Thucydides’ Peloponnesian War Thucydides p...
Cette thèse cherche à déterminer les circonstances qui ont conduit des populations parfois nombreuse...
Portrait of Herodotus in the light of Plutarch’s treatise De Herodoti malignitate As a Platonist and...
Historia and Plot. The “mimetic” resources of Herodotus’ Inquiry. The opposition between “ narrative...
Herodotus´ History is the first extant literary work in which the activities and the characters of t...
This king, in many ways strange in the Spartan system, is not studied. Our springs are very poor, so...
Examination of some obstacles complicating the study of the pre-Hellenistic Cypriot royal institutio...
Cette thèse explore la notion de corruption dans le Corpus hippocratique et dans les tragédies d’Eur...
Herodotus´ History is the first extant literary work in which the activities and the characters of t...
Herodotos and Thoukydides report on many occasions that kings, polis leaders, and other politicians ...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1987This dissertation examines the importance of Herodotu...
Nicolas of Damas had at his disposal the same documents as Herodotus but he was more interested in t...
How are we to interpret the apparent conflict between Helen and Menelaus that arises in Odyssey, IV,...
This thesis seeks to determine the circumstances that led large populations to rally to impostors wh...
The name given to holders of autocratic power is evidently a reflection and crucible for complex pol...
Appearance and concealment : the role of the speeches in Thucydides’ Peloponnesian War Thucydides p...
Cette thèse cherche à déterminer les circonstances qui ont conduit des populations parfois nombreuse...