The Manipulative Mode: Political Propaganda in Antiquity: A Collection of Case Studies

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This book deals with political propoganda in classical antiquity, exploring the contexts, strategies, and parameters of a fascinating phenomenon that has often been approached with anachronistic models or completely ignored. It offers case studies on the archaic period, classical Athens, the Hellenistic kingdoms, the Augustan age and the late Roman empire. THE MANIPULATIVE MODE: POLITICAL PROPAGANDA IN ANTIQUITY A COLLECTION OF CASE STUDIES CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Propaganda in Pindar's First Pythian Ode Choral Agons in Democratic Athens, 510-400 BC Propaganda and Competition in Athenian Oratory Kings against Celts: Deliverance from Barbarians as a Theme in Hellenistic Royal Propaganda Who Are 'We'? Towards Propagandistic Mechanism and Purpose of Caesar's Bellum Gallicum Epic Prophecy as Imperial Propaganda? Jupiter's First Speech in Virgil's Aeneid The Creation of an Imperial Tradition: Ideological Aspects of the House of Augustus The Propagation of fortitudo: Gladiatorial Combats from ca. 85 BC to the Times of Trajan and Their Reflection in Roman Literature The Panegyrical lnventio: A Rhetorical Analysis of Panegyricus Latinus V SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE