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The Role of Eloquence in Tacitus824 views
Author
Merkel, Erich, Classics - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia
Advisors
Woodman, Anthony, Department of Classics, University of Virginia
Abstract
An analysis of the role of speeches in Tacitus and the part they play in the larger narrative, and why Tacitean oratory in the Annals and Histories so often and so conspicuously fails to live up to the purpose of eloquence.
Degree
PHD (Doctor of Philosophy)
Keywords
Tacitus
Language
English
Rights
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Merkel, Erich. The Role of Eloquence in Tacitus. University of Virginia, Classics - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, PHD (Doctor of Philosophy), 2015-04-15, https://doi.org/10.18130/V3JR8W.
