Textual Strategies in Ancient War Narrative

Lidewij van Gils obtained her PhD in 2009 with an analysis of the narrationes in Cicero’s speeches. Currently, her focus is on Latin historiography and the linguistic aspects of common ground. She is assistant professor of Latin at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Irene de Jong is professor of Ancient Greek at the University of Amsterdam. She specializes in the analysis and interpretation of the forms and functions of narrative (Homer, Herodotus, and Greek narrative at large), making use of the modern theory of narratology. Publications include A narratological commentary on the Odyssey (Cambridge 2001), Homer Iliad Book XXII (Cambridge 2012), and Narratology and Classics. A Practical Guide (Oxford 2014).Caroline Kroon, Ph.D. (1995), is professor of Latin at the University of Amsterdam. She is author of the monograph Discourse Particles in Latin (Gieben/Brill, 1995), and of many articles on discourse linguistic topics. Her current research is characterized by an interdisciplinary approach crossing the border between linguistics and literary studies.

• PrefaceNotes on Contributors1 IntroductionLidewij van Gils, Irene de Jong and Caroline KroonPart 1 Thermopylae2 Thermopylae: Herodotus versus the LegendHans van Wees3 A Narratological Comparison of Herodotus and Diodorus on ThermopylaeMathieu de Bakker4 Narrative and Identity in Thermopylae (Herodotus 7.201–7.239)Antonis Tsakmakis5 Herodotus’ Handling of (Narratological) Time in the Thermopylae PassageIrene J.F. de Jong6 Herodotus and Thucydides: Distance and ImmersionRutger AllanPart 2 Cannae7 Livy on Cannae: a Literary OverviewStephen Oakley8 Discourse-Linguistic Strategies in Livy’s Account of the Battle at CannaeLidewij van Gils and Caroline Kroon9 Who Knows What Will Happen Next? Livy’s fraus Punica from a Literary Point of ViewDennis Pausch10 Livy’s Use of Spatial References in the Cannae Episode: from Structure to StrategyLidewij van Gils11 ET RATIO ET RES: Characterization of Roman Conduct through Speech Representation in the Battle of CannaeMichel Buijs12 Words When It’s Time for Action: Representations of Speech and Thought in the Battles of Cannae and ZamaSuzanne AdemaPart 3 Beyond Thermopylae and Cannae13 Thermopylae and Cannae: How One Battle Narrative Enriches AnotherMathieu de Bakker and Michiel van der Keur14 The Great and the Small: Thermopylae and SphacteriaAdriaan Rademaker15 Force, Frequency and Focalisation: the Function of Similes in the Battle Narrative of Vergil, Aeneid 10Stephen Harrison16 Parallel Plotlines: the Function of Similes in the Battle-Narrative of Vergil, Aeneid 10 (2)Michiel van der KeurIndex

"[T]his volume contains many substantial papers and reflects high standards of scholarship: in addition to examining their chosen themes, many of the papers offer wider reflection on methodological questions. The introduction likewise introduces methodological considerations, providing a short introduction to narratology and discourse linguistics. (...) this volume, which will prove useful to scholars examining the Thermopylae and Cannae narratives from a large variety of perspectives." Edith Foster, BMCR, 2019.11.15.