Pausanias and Oral Tradition

Pausanias makes an announcement before he launches into a story about a hitherto unknown aspect of the assassination of Hipparchus and of Hippias' subsequent rule of terror. Pretzler contends that the passage, though unique in the Periegesis, represents one of Pausanias' special interests...

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Published in:Classical quarterly 2005-05, Vol.55 (1), p.235-249
Main Author: Pretzler, Maria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assassinations & assassination attempts
Classical literature
Cultural history
Greco-Roman antiquity
High culture
Hipparchus (180?-125 BC)
Hippias (528?-490 BC)
Historical studies (History of philosophy. History of ideas)
History
Literary criticism
Local histories
Oral literature
Oral tradition
Pausanias (143-176)
Philosophy
Statues
Traditions
Travel
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Summary:Pausanias makes an announcement before he launches into a story about a hitherto unknown aspect of the assassination of Hipparchus and of Hippias' subsequent rule of terror. Pretzler contends that the passage, though unique in the Periegesis, represents one of Pausanias' special interests and one he did indeed have reason to be proud of, namely his attention to local oral tradition.
ISSN:0009-8388
1471-6844
DOI:10.1093/cq/bmi017