THE SPEECHES IN APPIAN'S MITHRIDATEIOS: A PRELIMINARY APPROACH.
Appian's Mithridatheios contains a considerable number of formal speeches, to which others found by the author in his sources could have been added, but he chose not to develop them. Most of these passages relate to the First Mithridatic War, in line with the prominence that Appian attributes to Sul...
| Publicado en: | Talia Dixit no. 18; pp. 1 - 17 |
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Talia Dixit
2023
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| Sumario: | Appian's Mithridatheios contains a considerable number of formal speeches, to which others found by the author in his sources could have been added, but he chose not to develop them. Most of these passages relate to the First Mithridatic War, in line with the prominence that Appian attributes to Sulla in the crisis of the Roman Republic. While the Roman general delivers the longest speeches in this work, Mithridates has only three, which also appear notably abbreviated. Very possibly, Pompeius Trogus' historical work was the source for the main rhetorical passages. El Mithridateios de Apiano contiene un buen número de discursos formales, a los que habría que unir otros que el autor encontró en sus fuentes pero decidió no desarrollar. La mayoría de estos pasajes se refieren a la primera Guerra Mitridática, de acuerdo con el protagonismo que Apiano da a Sila dentro de la crisis de la República romana. Mientras que el general romano pronuncia los discursos más largos de esta obra, Mitrídates tiene sólo tres, que además aparecen notablemente recortados. Muy probablemente, la fuente de los principales pasajes retóricos fue la obra histórica de Pompeyo Trogo. |
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