Genealogy in the development of ancient historiography: Genealogy and history in Herodotus
In this article, I suggest that genealogy was a rhetorical strategy to build authority in the ancient history writing. In this way, I divide my argument into four parts. Firstly, I present my understanding of genealogy and authority, as these concepts orient my selection and analysis of the evidence...
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| description | In this article, I suggest that genealogy was a rhetorical strategy to build authority in the ancient history writing. In this way, I divide my argument into four parts. Firstly, I present my understanding of genealogy and authority, as these concepts orient my selection and analysis of the evidence. Secondly, I turn to the genealogical evidence, trying to demonstrate its relation with controversial debates and its role as a rhetorical tool. For this, I compare Herodotus’ and Isocrates’ use of genealogy, and suggest that genealogy was a form of tekmerion. Thirdly, I try to substantiate this hypothesis by looking at both Aristotle’s definition of tekmerion and to what extent Herodotus and Isocrates share his understanding of this word. Finally, I present considerations about why genealogy was such a powerful rhetorical resource in discourses of various nature, history included. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-719b7e456831489996d35f8b6421a8a52023-01-02T00:57:59ZengUniversidade de São PauloRevista de História0034-83092316-91412022-01-01181Genealogy in the development of ancient historiography: Genealogy and history in HerodotusCamila Condilo0Universidade de BrasíliaIn this article, I suggest that genealogy was a rhetorical strategy to build authority in the ancient history writing. In this way, I divide my argument into four parts. Firstly, I present my understanding of genealogy and authority, as these concepts orient my selection and analysis of the evidence. Secondly, I turn to the genealogical evidence, trying to demonstrate its relation with controversial debates and its role as a rhetorical tool. For this, I compare Herodotus’ and Isocrates’ use of genealogy, and suggest that genealogy was a form of tekmerion. Thirdly, I try to substantiate this hypothesis by looking at both Aristotle’s definition of tekmerion and to what extent Herodotus and Isocrates share his understanding of this word. Finally, I present considerations about why genealogy was such a powerful rhetorical resource in discourses of various nature, history included.https://www.revistas.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/180558genealogyrhetorictekmerionHerodotusancient historiography |
| spellingShingle | Camila Condilo Genealogy in the development of ancient historiography: Genealogy and history in Herodotus Revista de História genealogy rhetoric tekmerion Herodotus ancient historiography |
| title | Genealogy in the development of ancient historiography: Genealogy and history in Herodotus |
| title_full | Genealogy in the development of ancient historiography: Genealogy and history in Herodotus |
| title_fullStr | Genealogy in the development of ancient historiography: Genealogy and history in Herodotus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genealogy in the development of ancient historiography: Genealogy and history in Herodotus |
| title_short | Genealogy in the development of ancient historiography: Genealogy and history in Herodotus |
| title_sort | genealogy in the development of ancient historiography genealogy and history in herodotus |
| topic | genealogy rhetoric tekmerion Herodotus ancient historiography |
| url | https://www.revistas.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/180558 |
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