A Civilized Gaul: Caesar's Portrait of Piso Aquitanus (De Bello Gallico 4.12.4-6).
A literary analysis of the portrait of Piso Aquitanus (Gal. 4.12), a Gaul killed together with his brother in a cavalry engagement with the Usipetes and Tencteri in 55 BC E. The portrait is first discussed against the literary tradition of heroic brothers in epic and in historiography. The function...
| Publicado en: | Mnemosyne Vol. 67; no. 3; pp. 391 - 405 |
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2014
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