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Ancient biographies constructed after the authors’ deaths have little historical value, because Greek authors thought that their work would have more lasting value for posterity than information about the particulars of their lives. What we can know is what the authors themselves wish to tell us, and influences upon them of the particular historical contexts in which they lived.
What does “classical” mean? Is it a temporal designation that is defined by convention and survives solely because of its convenience? This contribution argues that, as important as convention is, the period we call “classical” has important unifying cultural and literary features. Most important among these is the emergence of prose in the 6th cent. BCE, and the forms of community and systems of...
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