Wit and the Writing of History: The Rhetoric of Historiography in Imperial RomeUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1988 - 182 من الصفحات |
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... witty protest against improbable political reality . We expect " Otho did not yet have authority to prevent crime : he was already trying to do so , " but we are first given " Otho did not yet have authority to prevent crime : he was ...
... witty protest against improbable political reality . We expect " Otho did not yet have authority to prevent crime : he was already trying to do so , " but we are first given " Otho did not yet have authority to prevent crime : he was ...
الصفحة 16
... witty and amusing political incongruity . And in one moment of discouragement it becomes for Tacitus a general ... witty " ( dicax ) consul Fufius won Tiberius ' enmity " because he had been accustomed to ridicule him with sharp jests ...
... witty and amusing political incongruity . And in one moment of discouragement it becomes for Tacitus a general ... witty " ( dicax ) consul Fufius won Tiberius ' enmity " because he had been accustomed to ridicule him with sharp jests ...
الصفحة 56
... witty facets of the historiography of the early empire as a whole . Witty , that is to say , in the sense of “ amusing , ” though not always pleasantly so , since the wit we are con- cerned with lies at a level deep and broad enough to ...
... witty facets of the historiography of the early empire as a whole . Witty , that is to say , in the sense of “ amusing , ” though not always pleasantly so , since the wit we are con- cerned with lies at a level deep and broad enough to ...
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Ludibrium and Political Wit | 15 |
Techniques of Wit | 56 |
Enacted Wit | 69 |
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absurdity actual amusing ancient anecdotes Annals antithetic appearance Augustus authority become bring Calig Caligula called Claudius close comes connection course create crimes criticism deal death discussion effect emperor epigram epigrammatic equally especially example executed expectation expression face fact false fear force formal genuine hand happens Hist historians historiography honor imperial incongruity intention interest joke kind language larger live logic London marks matter meaning moral natural Nero Nero's norms official omens ordinary pattern peace perhaps political possible Principate reality reason remark rhetorical Roman Rome seems senate Seneca sense serious similar simply situation social society sort speak specifically statement story style Suetonius suggests Tacitus taken talk technique things thought Tiberius tion true truth turn unmasking values vice victims violation virtue Vitellius witty