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Ultime défaite d’Athènes ou sa plus belle victoire ? Stratégies rhétoriques autour de la bataille d’Aigos-Potamoi dans le Panathénaïque d’Aelius Aris…
2017
It may seem somewhat odd to study the way by which the defeat of Aigos-Potamoi is described in a discourse which is an utter praise of the excellence of Athens as is the Panathenaic Oration of Aelius Aristides. Nevertheless, the account of this event (§ 252-263) is significant. Thanks to two successive rhetorical stratagems (move to the Thirty episode and comparison with Marathon), the battle of Aigos-Potamoi is concealed as a defeat and changed into victory. Besides, this defeat is both anticipated and extended through the oration. Upstream, it makes clear a special feature in the discourse’s organisation (the reason why Aristides chooses a comparative point of view, which suddenly breaks …
Grande lessive à l'Assemblée nationale
2017
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