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Variations on a theme: From Thucydides to Procopius

Mészáros, Tamás (2012) Variations on a theme: From Thucydides to Procopius. Acta Antiqua, 52 (3). pp. 225-234. ISSN 0044-5975

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Abstract

In the present paper I try to point out the importance of imitation as a literary tool in the historiography of the early Byzantine period. Dexippus, Priscus, and Procopius used the description of the siege of Plataea as a base text for imitation. The primary aim of these authors was to continue the classical tradition through imitation and to create something new at the same time.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PA Classical philology / klasszika-filológia
Depositing User: xKatalin xBarta
Date Deposited: 21 Dec 2016 08:12
Last Modified: 01 Feb 2017 06:39
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/43692

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