JOURNAL ARTICLE

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

  • Published In: Greece & Rome, 2024, v. 71, n. 2. P. 241 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Prieto, Juan P. 3 of 3

Abstract

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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Greece & Rome. 2024/10, Vol. 71, Issue 2, p241
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:0017-3835
  • DOI:10.1017/S0017383524000044
  • Accession Number:180607034
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