IMPIOUS MISFORTUNE AND DIDACTIC DISCORD: THE MACEDONIAN XANTHIKA IN ANCIENT HISTORIOGRAPHY RECONSIDERED

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The present article will reconsider the historiographical value played by the 182 BC Antigonid military ritual – known as Xanthika. Firstly, in order to appraise ancient historiographical adaptations and modern analytical shortcomings, this article will retrace extant ancient sources and, secondly, its current state-of-the-art. Thirdly, the original Polybian treatment will be discerned from its Livian adaptations, and historiographical distinctions will be proposed for each version. Fourthly, the Xanthika will be reconsidered as a key historiographical device through which Polybius coupled the Hellenic themes of Alexandrian legitimacy, deep-rooted tyrannical discord, and irreversible royal decadence within a larger narrative of the Roman ascendance towards world dominance.

Idioma originalInglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)241-263
Número de páginas23
PublicaciónGreece and Rome
Volumen71
N.º2
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 1 oct. 2024

Áreas temáticas de ASJC Scopus

  • Cultura clásica
  • Artes y Humanidades General

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