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JOSE VELA TEJADA
University of Zaragoza, Ciencias de la Antigüedad, Faculty Member
Polybius and the art of war: proposal for the identification of some passages from his lost Treatise on tactics – Polybius retains in his Histories traces of an expert in military historiography, a genre that he had previously cultivated,... more
Polybius and the art of war: proposal for the identification of some passages
from his lost Treatise on tactics – Polybius retains in his Histories traces of an expert in military historiography, a genre that he had previously cultivated, probably in early youth years. From testimonies such as Aelianus Tacticus (I 2) including Polybius among the writers of military genre, the author’s own testimony regarding a lost treatise on Commentaries on military tactics (Ὑπομνήματα περὶ τὰς τάξεις, IX 20, 4) can be agreed, even though only the title has been preserved. Nevertheless, the place in which this bibliographical citation is found and the prevailing scientific style, in addition to application
of intertextuality criteria, encourages us to propose, furthermore, the chapters from 12 to 20 in book IX as indirect evidences of this lost handbook. Likewise, chapters of book X dealing with the issue of signals on fire (X 43-45), would support the hypothesis that a meaningful part of the treatise is preserved in both consecutive books.
from his lost Treatise on tactics – Polybius retains in his Histories traces of an expert in military historiography, a genre that he had previously cultivated, probably in early youth years. From testimonies such as Aelianus Tacticus (I 2) including Polybius among the writers of military genre, the author’s own testimony regarding a lost treatise on Commentaries on military tactics (Ὑπομνήματα περὶ τὰς τάξεις, IX 20, 4) can be agreed, even though only the title has been preserved. Nevertheless, the place in which this bibliographical citation is found and the prevailing scientific style, in addition to application
of intertextuality criteria, encourages us to propose, furthermore, the chapters from 12 to 20 in book IX as indirect evidences of this lost handbook. Likewise, chapters of book X dealing with the issue of signals on fire (X 43-45), would support the hypothesis that a meaningful part of the treatise is preserved in both consecutive books.
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The study of the dialogical relations between the Plutarch’s Life of Sulla and Strabo involves necessarily the Hypomnémata of the geographer, albeit the difficulties of considering a fragmentary source. Actually, in the scarce 19... more
The study of the dialogical relations between the Plutarch’s Life of Sulla and
Strabo involves necessarily the Hypomnémata of the geographer, albeit the difficulties
of considering a fragmentary source. Actually, in the scarce 19 fragments conserved
is glimpsed information related to the career of the politician and military Roman
leader, as well as to his military campaigns, in particular those occurred in the
native Amasia of the geographer. Nevertheless, Plutarch knew the aforementioned
Hypomnémata when he refers to them in the Life of Lucullus (28.7), on the occasion of the war waged by Rome against Tigranes, king of Armenia. In addition, Plutarch quotes the geographer as philósophos twice (Luc. 28.7; Caes. 63.3), just as Strabo was considered among the Stoics, a fact that suggests a closer interrelation between both authors than those of direct quotations.
Strabo involves necessarily the Hypomnémata of the geographer, albeit the difficulties
of considering a fragmentary source. Actually, in the scarce 19 fragments conserved
is glimpsed information related to the career of the politician and military Roman
leader, as well as to his military campaigns, in particular those occurred in the
native Amasia of the geographer. Nevertheless, Plutarch knew the aforementioned
Hypomnémata when he refers to them in the Life of Lucullus (28.7), on the occasion of the war waged by Rome against Tigranes, king of Armenia. In addition, Plutarch quotes the geographer as philósophos twice (Luc. 28.7; Caes. 63.3), just as Strabo was considered among the Stoics, a fact that suggests a closer interrelation between both authors than those of direct quotations.
La impronta del historicismo decimonónico, en su ‘obsesión’ por la Quellensforschung, había provisto a las fuentes clásicas de una suerte de ‘verdad revelada’, por la que, cualquier información por ellas recogida adquiría una condición de... more
La impronta del historicismo decimonónico, en su ‘obsesión’ por la Quellensforschung, había provisto a las fuentes clásicas de una suerte de ‘verdad revelada’, por la que, cualquier información por ellas recogida adquiría una condición de información veraz. Sin embargo, estos impagables estudiosos no tenían en cuenta una perspectiva fundamental: el hecho de que, los testimonios conservados, aunque historiográficos, eran, ante todo, obras literarias y que, por lo tanto, estaban sometidas a dicha preceptiva.
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Xenophon, albeit not being a Socratic disciple stricto sensu, developed a literary production not being alien to the teachings of the Athenian thinker and the trial on the accusation of asébeia ―together with the charge of corrupting... more
Xenophon, albeit not being a Socratic disciple stricto sensu, developed a literary production not being alien to the teachings of the Athenian thinker and the trial on the accusation of asébeia ―together with the charge of corrupting young people―, which would lead him to death sentence and execution by means of hemlock intake. In this setting, the study of terminology concerning the dichotomy piety vs. impiety is significant for the ideological debate of the first half of 4th century BCE.
The well-known inscription of Argos, now unfortunately lost, in which Greeks and Persians signed a treaty, has been traditionally considered as a source of historical information on the Peace of 362/1 BC, in the aftermath of the Battle of... more
The well-known inscription of Argos, now unfortunately lost, in which Greeks and Persians signed a treaty, has been traditionally considered as a source of historical information on the Peace of 362/1 BC, in the aftermath of the Battle of Mantinea. However, both from the fact that is written in the Attic dialect and from the sense of the text, doubts of its authenticity have arisen.
Contenido La obra que tiene el lector en sus manos es la culminación de las actividades programadas, entre los meses de febrero y abril de 2013, desde la Delegación en Aragón de la SEEC, con el inestimable apoyo de las áreas de Filología... more
Contenido La obra que tiene el lector en sus manos es la culminación de las actividades programadas, entre los meses de febrero y abril de 2013, desde la Delegación en Aragón de la SEEC, con el inestimable apoyo de las áreas de Filología Griega y Latina, Lingüística Indoeuropea e Historia Antigua de la Universidad de Zaragoza, para conmemorar los XXV años de implantación de la Licenciatura de Filología Clásica. Con estas jornadas, se puso todo el empeño y dedicación en que el recuerdo de la efeméride alcanzara la máxima repercusión y sirviera como impulso para mantener viva la llama clásica en el pebetero de la Universidad de Zaragoza. Dada la relevancia de la celebración, se quiso contar con la presencia de acreditados especialistas en las principales disciplinas de los Estudios Clásicos, con la intención, además, de que las ponencias presentadas constituyeran, en conjunto o en aspectos temáticos concretos, una puesta al día de líneas temáticas relativas al mundo clásico a lo largo de los últimos 25 años. Podrá el lector, así, disfrutar de las sugerentes propuestas de los doctores José Miguel Baños, Francisco Beltrán, José Antonio Beltrán, Emilio Crespo, José Fernández Corte, José Antonio Fernández Delgado, Carlos García Gual, Francisco García Jurado, Juan Gil, Carlos Jordán, Francisco Marco y Emilio Suárez, a quienes los editores quieren agradecer públicamente su generosa dedicación a la publicación de este libro. Edición de José Vela Tejada, Juan Francisco Fraile Vicente y Carmen Sánchez Mañas. Delegación en Aragón de la SEEC ARASEEC. Delegación en Aragón de la Sociedad Española de Estudios Clásicos. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Zaragoza http://www.araseec.es/ araseec@unizar.es COLECCIÓN: Filología Griega, 25 TEMÁTICA: Estudios clásicos AÑO EDICIÓN: 2015 Nº PÁGINAS: 472 pp. FORMATO: 17 x 23 cm ENCUADERNACIÓN: Rústica IDIOMA: Castellano ISBN: 978-84-16272-95-2
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La huella de Heródoto de Halicarnaso resultó decisiva en el desarrollo de la historiografía militar. En efecto, la investigación de las causas y efectos de la guerra convertía sus relatos en enseñanzas modélicas y ejemplares, que,... more
La huella de Heródoto de Halicarnaso resultó decisiva en el desarrollo de la historiografía militar. En efecto, la investigación de las causas y efectos de la guerra convertía sus relatos en enseñanzas modélicas y ejemplares, que, sin duda, fueron apreciadas por el estratego de Estínfalo, Eneas el Táctico.
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In the first decades of the 20th century an innovative character made literature to approach to the classical myth as a response to an age of crisis. The renaissence of ancient myths is most evident in theatre in which authors return to... more
In the first decades of the 20th century an innovative character made literature to approach to the classical myth as a response to an age of crisis. The renaissence of ancient myths is most evident in theatre in which authors return to tragedy by being the most accessible genre for the contemporary man. Thus, the poetical and intellectual theatre of José Bergamín and the vanguard and universal drama of Max Aub turn to mythical background as a means of expression of their concerns in a generation wasted by the course of the Spanish history
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Debido a la escasez de fragmentos transmitidos resulta tarea compleja aventurarse a estudiar los Historikà Hypomnémata de Estrabón, puesto que, además, ni siquiera su Geografía nos aporta tres escasas referencias. Sin embargo, con... more
Debido a la escasez de fragmentos transmitidos resulta tarea compleja aventurarse a estudiar los Historikà Hypomnémata de Estrabón, puesto que, además, ni siquiera su Geografía nos aporta tres escasas referencias. Sin embargo, con independencia de la creación literaria autónoma de ambas obras, puede postularse, en su concepción intelectual, una idea “unitaria”. En definitiva, toda la obra de Estrabón ha de ser puesta en relación con la victoria de Octavio en Accio (31 AEC) y su posterior encumbramiento como emperador. Así, nuestro autor se integra en la nómina de escritores que glosan la grandeza del nuevo imperio mediterráneo, en particular a través de su descripción
geográfica, impulso intelectual y literario que coincide con su estancia en Roma en torno al 20 AEC.
geográfica, impulso intelectual y literario que coincide con su estancia en Roma en torno al 20 AEC.
Strabo of Amasia provides us with the magical scope and superstition through the prism of alterity that confronts the intellectual superiority of the Empire to the conquered barbarians. Faced with the survival of popular magical... more
Strabo of Amasia provides us with the magical scope and superstition through the prism of alterity that confronts the intellectual superiority of the Empire to the conquered barbarians. Faced with the survival of popular magical practices, the geographer, a member of an elite linked to the high circles of the Empire, illustrates the dichotomy of Ancient Greece, which moves between the literary culture and the everyday reality of ancient societies, between an 'ecumenical' and a 'barbaric' perspective.
This paper deals with Plutarch’s work in order to establish, by means of its linguistic traits, the degree of dominance of the two linguistic-literary trends prevailing at this time: on the one hand, the Common Language, or Koine, which... more
This paper deals with Plutarch’s work in order to establish, by means of its linguistic traits, the degree of dominance of the two linguistic-literary trends prevailing at this time: on the one hand, the Common Language, or Koine, which became the standard variety of the Greek language after an evolution starting from the Ionic-Attic High Variety; on the other, the Atticism, a reaction to this vulgarization or colloquialization that seeks the creation of a high variety for Literature, inspired by the nostalgic memory of a lost Golden Age. In short, we shall attempt to unravel whether Plutarch issues a nostalgic Atticist attempt to return to an idealized past or also evidences a relationship of diglossia rooted in the Attic dialect from the rise of Koine.
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It is commonly accepted that the birth of the koine dialektos resulted from a process of evolution starting in the High Variety of the Attic dialect. However, to achieve a comprehensive overview of this successful process that reach the... more
It is commonly accepted that the birth of the koine dialektos resulted from a process of evolution starting in the High Variety of the Attic dialect. However, to achieve a comprehensive overview of this successful process that reach the Medieval Greek after the Roman Period and the landmark of Atticismus, we consider the creation of a new Common Language cannot be understood only from a sociolinguistic point of view. From the testimony of Herodotus (8.144.2), in which the fact of having a common language is included into τὸ Ἑλληνικόν, it is possible to follow a linguistic course in the frame of the development of a Greek Identity. From the Persian Wars to the conquests of Alexander we can guess in Greek sources evidences of a Language Policy in a Panhellenic line to explain this achievement.
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Along with the themes of geography, legends and mythical testimonies lead Strabo’s Geography. In books 5th and 6th devoted to the description of Italy and Magna Graecia, mythical stories apparently linked to Greek colonization actually... more
Along with the themes of geography, legends and mythical testimonies lead Strabo’s Geography. In books 5th and 6th devoted to the description of Italy and Magna Graecia, mythical stories apparently linked to Greek colonization actually show the process of Roman expansion by the Italian peninsula and the geographical conditions of Italy shaping an empire. Geography cannot be understood outside the imperial Augustean propaganda. To this end Roman but also Greek men of letters were devoted. In this context, mythical narratives concerning the Trojan cycle act as a bridge for transmission of Greek legacy to the emerging Roman power, and among the heroes symbolizing this synthesis the Argive Diomedes.
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Aineias Tacticus plays a leading role in the history of the Greek language. Apart from its contribution as a source for the study of the historical and literary context of the fourth century BC, Aineias Tacticus' Poliorketika provides... more
Aineias Tacticus plays a leading role in the history of the Greek language. Apart from its contribution as a source for the study of the historical and literary context of the fourth century BC, Aineias Tacticus' Poliorketika provides first-rate evidence from a linguistic point of view, insofar it is the first extant work written in a form of Attic Greek by a non-Attic author
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Inspired on the Trojan War immortalized by Homer, The Trojan Women of Euripides sets out a clear condemnation of the war of conquest. However, being relevant the historical context on stage, the play is developed under guidelines... more
Inspired on the Trojan War immortalized by Homer, The Trojan
Women of Euripides sets out a clear condemnation of the war of
conquest. However, being relevant the historical context on stage,
the play is developed under guidelines connecting with deepest tragic
rituals. In the form of a funeral oration, which extends to the
entire city to be razed at the time of boarding for the return, Hecuba
performs a funeral for the little Astyanax. The ceremony, however,
is not panegyrical or propaganda exalting the glory of the city. Euripidean
tragedy acts as a vehicle of paideia dealing with the education
of the individual on new principles to overcome hoplite violent
schemes with a limited and defensive use of military force
Women of Euripides sets out a clear condemnation of the war of
conquest. However, being relevant the historical context on stage,
the play is developed under guidelines connecting with deepest tragic
rituals. In the form of a funeral oration, which extends to the
entire city to be razed at the time of boarding for the return, Hecuba
performs a funeral for the little Astyanax. The ceremony, however,
is not panegyrical or propaganda exalting the glory of the city. Euripidean
tragedy acts as a vehicle of paideia dealing with the education
of the individual on new principles to overcome hoplite violent
schemes with a limited and defensive use of military force
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Cassandra's Monologue: Judgement and Condemnation of Unjust War (Eur. Tro. 353-405) In a highly rhetorizing passage Euripides puts in the mouth of Cassandra, who has left Bacchic ecstasy, an argumentative analysis of the negative... more
Cassandra's Monologue: Judgement and Condemnation of Unjust War (Eur. Tro. 353-405) In a highly rhetorizing passage Euripides puts in the mouth of Cassandra, who has left Bacchic ecstasy, an argumentative analysis of the negative consequences that wars carry for the defeated, but also for the vanquishers. A study of the stylistic resources used by the author reveals the characteristic procedures of his dramatic technique.
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In the middle of 5th century B.C., Ionian prose developed a new form, the historiography, which over time achieves an effect similar to that of other genres. After overcoming the legacy of Herodotus, the pattern of Thucydides’ work... more
In the middle of 5th century B.C., Ionian prose developed a new form, the historiography, which over time achieves an effect similar to that of other genres. After overcoming the legacy of Herodotus, the pattern of Thucydides’ work determines that history must continue at the point where his work was unfinished. The extensive catalogue of historians from the 4th and 3rd centuries will have serious difficulties to transmit their works, because literary tendencies have changed. With regard to that, Polybius proved to be a determining literary critic.
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The influence of Herodotus of Halicarnassus was instrumental in the development of military historiography. The investigation of causes and effects of war turned his narrations into exemplary lessons that were certainly appreciated by the... more
The influence of Herodotus of Halicarnassus was instrumental in the development of military historiography. The
investigation of causes and effects of war turned his narrations into exemplary lessons that were certainly appreciated
by the strategist of Stymphalus, Aeneas the Tactician
investigation of causes and effects of war turned his narrations into exemplary lessons that were certainly appreciated
by the strategist of Stymphalus, Aeneas the Tactician
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As in Ancient Greece, the frame of the Christian celebrations contributes to the reappearance of the theatrical genre in the medieval age, insofar as it involves elements of theatrical character both in ceremonies as in the dramatic tone... more
As in Ancient Greece, the frame of the Christian celebrations contributes to the reappearance of the theatrical genre in the medieval age, insofar as it involves elements of theatrical character both in ceremonies as in the dramatic tone of liturgical dialogues. The genesis is in liturgical tropos, whose oldest texts are dated in 10th century. Neither classical theater, nor cultivated forms of Latin comedy before 15th century determined the birth of medieval theater.
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From a primitive ritual origin in the play of Sophocles, the myth of Antigona evolves into a political profile, that of a heroine fighting against tyranny. However, in the Spanish stage, the symbolism of the fratricidal duel, the starting... more
From a primitive ritual origin in the play of Sophocles, the myth of Antigona evolves into a political profile, that of a heroine fighting against tyranny. However, in the Spanish stage, the symbolism of the fratricidal duel, the starting point of the Sophoclean tragedy, was so close to consequences of the Civil War provoked by the coup of 18th July, that the theatre, always in view of the reality, echoed the allegorical value of the play. Thus, the Antígona of Salvador Espriu (1939), La Sangre de Antígona (1954) written in exile by José Bergamín, and La tumba de Antígona of María Zambrano (1967), return the mythical duel as a metaphor for conflict that devastated Spain from 1936 to 1939. Even from the rows of the dictatorship José M ª Pemán composed an Antígona: adaptación muy libre de la tragedia de Sófocles (1945), which seems to call for a pending reconciliation.
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Pese a este fuerte componente ético, los tratados técnicos de Jenofonte fueron pioneros en la configuración y sistematización de un nuevo género en prosa, en la medida en que incorporaban la experiencia y empiría del autor y se... more
Pese a este fuerte componente ético, los tratados técnicos de Jenofonte fueron pioneros en la configuración y sistematización de un nuevo género en prosa, en la medida en que incorporaban la experiencia y empiría del autor y se circunscribían a aspectos técnicos con intención de servir de utilidad a un "destinatario" especializado.
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It is an obvious fact that most of Plutarch's Parallel Lives focuses on statesmen who passed on to posterity by their military campaigns. Thus, the art of war is revealed as a criterion for characterizing the ethos of the protagonists.... more
It is an obvious fact that most of Plutarch's Parallel Lives focuses on statesmen who passed on to posterity by their military campaigns. Thus, the art of war is revealed as a criterion for characterizing the ethos of the protagonists. Some of them, like Demetrios Poliorcetes, who appears in the homonymous Life, no doubt glowed for his knowledge on the art of war. However, for a complete understanding of this procedure, it is also enlightening to turn to the small booklet De gloria Athenensium of the same author, in which Plutarch confronts the military excellence of the Athenians, ΚΑΤΑ ΠΟΛΕΜΟΝ, by contrast to other technai, Η ΚΑΤΑ ΣΟΦΙΑΝ.
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Xenophon, whom Diogenes Laertius included among the Greek philosophers, composed a series of writings in which he followed Socratic tradition whose preserved texts is reduced, besides our author and some extant fragments, to the works of... more
Xenophon, whom Diogenes Laertius included among the Greek philosophers, composed a series of writings in which he followed Socratic tradition whose preserved texts is reduced, besides our author and some extant fragments, to the works of Plato, Aristotle and the references of Aristophanes. This explains the coincidence of title with Plato's Apology and Symposium. However, it does not mean that a direct subordination existed. On the contrary, a study of the treatment of the topic of love in Xenophon's Symposium reveals the originality of this author who, as in the rest of his works, is inspired in the pedagogic ideal represented by Socrates's figure and that is summarized in the search of the human excellence, arete, of the man kalos kagathos. Definitively, Xenophon and Plato made use of the same literary context -symposium and dialogue-, that explains the coincidences between both works, but their goal is different: while Plato elaborates a theory of the Ideas, the Athenian historian formulates the principles of a Socratic paideia.
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In the ancient Greek world warfare was a fundamental fact of life, a part of the daily life of the Greek poleis to such an extent that moments of peace were considered extraordinary. In antiquity it was accepted that war was a normal... more
In the ancient Greek world warfare was a fundamental fact of life, a part of the daily life of the Greek poleis to such an extent that moments of peace were considered extraordinary. In antiquity it was accepted that war was a normal condition of human society. From the thinking implicit in Greek myth to historians and philosophers, who never reflected on "why wars?", but simply the causes or consequences of a specific conflict, we have evidence of its endemic character: a dominating ideology which accepted the naturalness of war, as a means of acquisition (Aristotle, Pol. 1256b 20), as a means to an end. The endemic nature of war has determined different methods in the academic community. However, we should not overlook that we are dealing with literary witnesses and not chronicles of war. Greek literary genres were characterized by particular rules in relation to performance or context, so that the presence of a single theme in each one of them requires to be interpreted in the light of its generic affiliations. In this case, the subject of warfare is attested in major genres of the Archaic and Classical periods, becoming the principal content of a new genre in prose. From a philological point of view, we have opened up a complementary line of research which studies the theme of war in the different genres in order to be able ultimately to explain the genesis of a new genre within the framework of Greek historiography.
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José Vela Tejada, after noting that Solon’s political myth was shaped as the outcome of a long political and philosophical tradition going back to Solon’s own elegies and living on through to Plutarch’s time, thanks to the dominance of... more
José Vela Tejada, after noting that Solon’s political myth was shaped as the outcome of a long political and philosophical tradition going back to Solon’s own elegies and living on through to Plutarch’s time, thanks to the dominance of rhetoric, tries to draw the main lines of this myth by means of a comparative study of the Solon and the Septem sapientium convivium. As a biographical hero, Solon was one of the best historical models for Plutarch, since he represented the humane and philosophical politician. His wisdom was rooted in the tradition of the Seven Wise Men, attested also by Herodotus. The poet is introduced as sophos in political science, and the sapiential mesotes of Solon is underlined in the context of the ideal of metron, an ideal recurrent in the gnomai of the sophoi. On the other hand, a similar admiration for Solon explains his protagonist role in the Sept. sap. conv. , where Plutarch anachronistically inserts the discussion on the best government. Nevertheless, this work is necessary for our understanding Solon’s portrait in the Bios.
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In the Life of Pelopidas (ch. 7-13), Plutarch pays special attention to the leadership of the Theban general in the defeat of the Spartan garrison and the recapture of the Cadmea (379 B.C.). However, contemporary sources and previous... more
In the Life of Pelopidas (ch. 7-13), Plutarch pays special attention to the leadership of the Theban general in the defeat of the Spartan garrison and the recapture of the Cadmea (379 B.C.). However, contemporary sources and previous historiographical traditions of this episode do not unanimously agree with this version. As a consequence, a review of the main evidences will enlighten us about methods of historiography after Thucydides and reception of historical information in biography.
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The aim of this article is to study why Plutarch makes use of the literary tradition of symposia to place the legend of the Seven Sages. Instead of that we should expect, given the hold of Plato over his work, Plutarch relegates... more
The aim of this article is to study why Plutarch makes use of the literary tradition of symposia to place the legend of the Seven Sages. Instead of that we should expect, given the hold of Plato over his work, Plutarch relegates philosophical argument to a type of dialogue focusing on aspects of practical wisdom. In our opinion, the explanation of this apparent contrast must be analyzed from a double and complementary perspective: first, by considering the protagonists of that fictitious meeting, the Seven Wise Men, the paradigm of archaic wisdom, which combined both practical and intellectual learning; second, as a result, the suitability of form and content to a symposiac framework deeply rooted in the literary tradition, just as it is attested by the early patterns of the fourth century BC: Xenophon and Plato.
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In a Conference devoted to Plutarch as transmitter, Xenophon could not be absent, because of being the main extant source of 4th century BC, and taking into account that most protagonists of Plutarch’s Lives belongs to this period. Among... more
In a Conference devoted to Plutarch as transmitter, Xenophon could not be absent, because of being the main extant source of 4th century BC, and taking into account that most protagonists of Plutarch’s Lives belongs to this period. Among them, one of the most notable figures is that of Agesilaus: direct and indirect protagonist of Xenophon’s Hellenica, leading actor of the first encomium in prose, and central character of Plutarch’s Life. In this regard, though Plutarch’s biographies use to oppose actions deserving a positive assessment together with other one negative for featuring characters, in this case a harsh tone with the Spartan king prevails. Thus, since the biographer varies from version of the Athenian historian, a comprehensive review of sources managed by the Chaeroneian is required in the scope of an anti-Spartan tendency.
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After victory at Leuctra in 371 BC Thebes undertook military expeditions by land for hegemonic expansion. However, in 364 BC Epaminondas commanded a Theban fleet to the Aegean islands and Hellespont with the aim of depriving Athens of its... more
After victory at Leuctra in 371 BC Thebes undertook military expeditions by land for hegemonic expansion. However, in 364 BC Epaminondas commanded a Theban fleet to the Aegean islands and Hellespont with the aim of depriving Athens of its allies’ support. A review of written sources, in particular Aeneas Tacticus’ Poliorcetica, highlights the results of this expedition and the consequences for the cities of the Hellespont and Black Sea, which seem to be victims of great instability
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From French Literature, Moréas actually Ioannis Papadiamantopoulos, an emigrant son of an Athenian lawyer, invites us to an amazing travel to contemporary Greece, but also by Eternal Greece, in so far as unavoidable essence of Europe in... more
From French Literature, Moréas actually Ioannis Papadiamantopoulos, an emigrant son of an Athenian lawyer, invites us to an amazing travel to contemporary Greece, but also by Eternal Greece, in so far as unavoidable essence of Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Indeed, in times of crisis, like the present, Greek universe, which embraces from Homer to Kalvos without abandoning history and popular culture, is evocative to the author. We are in 1897, in the middle of the Greek-Turkish war, after Cretan uprising against the Ottoman Empire in 1896. The Big Idea (or Ένωσις) breaks into literary world of Moréas by reconstructing Greek civilization from its own ruins.
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La religiosidad griega, como la mayoría de las creencias transcendentales humanas, tiene en la comunicación con los dioses un principio fundamental. Mas, en este trabajo, nos proponemos abordar los no pocos ejemplos que denotan la... more
La religiosidad griega, como la mayoría de las creencias transcendentales
humanas, tiene en la comunicación con los dioses un principio fundamental. Mas,
en este trabajo, nos proponemos abordar los no pocos ejemplos que denotan la
dificultad de ese intento comunicador en los versos del más joven de la tríada
trágica.
humanas, tiene en la comunicación con los dioses un principio fundamental. Mas,
en este trabajo, nos proponemos abordar los no pocos ejemplos que denotan la
dificultad de ese intento comunicador en los versos del más joven de la tríada
trágica.
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Contenido La obra que tiene el lector en sus manos es la culminación de las actividades programadas, entre los meses de febrero y abril de 2013, desde la Delegación en Aragón de la SEEC, con el inestimable apoyo de las áreas de Filología... more
Contenido
La obra que tiene el lector en sus manos es la culminación de las actividades
programadas, entre los meses de febrero y abril de 2013, desde la
Delegación en Aragón de la SEEC, con el inestimable apoyo de las áreas de
Filología Griega y Latina, Lingüística Indoeuropea e Historia Antigua de la
Universidad de Zaragoza, para conmemorar los XXV años de implantación
de la Licenciatura de Filología Clásica. Con estas jornadas, se puso todo el
empeño y dedicación en que el recuerdo de la efeméride alcanzara la máxima
repercusión y sirviera como impulso para mantener viva la llama clásica
en el pebetero de la Universidad de Zaragoza. Dada la relevancia de la celebración,
se quiso contar con la presencia de acreditados especialistas en
las principales disciplinas de los Estudios Clásicos, con la intención, además,
de que las ponencias presentadas constituyeran, en conjunto o en aspectos
temáticos concretos, una puesta al día de líneas temáticas relativas al mundo
clásico a lo largo de los últimos 25 años. Podrá el lector, así, disfrutar de
las sugerentes propuestas de los doctores José Miguel Baños, Francisco
Beltrán, José Antonio Beltrán, Emilio Crespo, José Fernández Corte,
José Antonio Fernández Delgado, Carlos García Gual, Francisco García
Jurado, Juan Gil, Carlos Jordán, Francisco Marco y Emilio Suárez, a quienes los editores quieren agradecer públicamente su generosa dedicación
a la publicación de este libro.
Edición de José Vela Tejada, Juan Francisco Fraile Vicente y Carmen Sánchez
Mañas.
Delegación en Aragón de la SEEC
ARASEEC. Delegación en Aragón de la Sociedad Española de Estudios Clásicos.
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Zaragoza
http://www.araseec.es/
araseec@unizar.es
COLECCIÓN: Filología Griega, 25
TEMÁTICA: Estudios clásicos
AÑO EDICIÓN: 2015
Nº PÁGINAS: 472 pp.
FORMATO: 17 x 23 cm
ENCUADERNACIÓN: Rústica
IDIOMA: Castellano
ISBN: 978-84-16272-95-2
La obra que tiene el lector en sus manos es la culminación de las actividades
programadas, entre los meses de febrero y abril de 2013, desde la
Delegación en Aragón de la SEEC, con el inestimable apoyo de las áreas de
Filología Griega y Latina, Lingüística Indoeuropea e Historia Antigua de la
Universidad de Zaragoza, para conmemorar los XXV años de implantación
de la Licenciatura de Filología Clásica. Con estas jornadas, se puso todo el
empeño y dedicación en que el recuerdo de la efeméride alcanzara la máxima
repercusión y sirviera como impulso para mantener viva la llama clásica
en el pebetero de la Universidad de Zaragoza. Dada la relevancia de la celebración,
se quiso contar con la presencia de acreditados especialistas en
las principales disciplinas de los Estudios Clásicos, con la intención, además,
de que las ponencias presentadas constituyeran, en conjunto o en aspectos
temáticos concretos, una puesta al día de líneas temáticas relativas al mundo
clásico a lo largo de los últimos 25 años. Podrá el lector, así, disfrutar de
las sugerentes propuestas de los doctores José Miguel Baños, Francisco
Beltrán, José Antonio Beltrán, Emilio Crespo, José Fernández Corte,
José Antonio Fernández Delgado, Carlos García Gual, Francisco García
Jurado, Juan Gil, Carlos Jordán, Francisco Marco y Emilio Suárez, a quienes los editores quieren agradecer públicamente su generosa dedicación
a la publicación de este libro.
Edición de José Vela Tejada, Juan Francisco Fraile Vicente y Carmen Sánchez
Mañas.
Delegación en Aragón de la SEEC
ARASEEC. Delegación en Aragón de la Sociedad Española de Estudios Clásicos.
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Zaragoza
http://www.araseec.es/
araseec@unizar.es
COLECCIÓN: Filología Griega, 25
TEMÁTICA: Estudios clásicos
AÑO EDICIÓN: 2015
Nº PÁGINAS: 472 pp.
FORMATO: 17 x 23 cm
ENCUADERNACIÓN: Rústica
IDIOMA: Castellano
ISBN: 978-84-16272-95-2