Showing and Telling Spolia: The Triumphal Procession of Aemilius Paullus in Plutarch and Diodorus Siculus
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2023-10-26
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Buijs, Michel
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de Jong, Irene
Versluys, Miguel John
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The chapter should be read as a narratological-linguistic introduction to the chapter by Strootman (same volume), who presents a historical discussion of the impact of the spoils on Roman society, in terms of appropriation, objectification, incorporation and transformation. It is argued that Diodorus Siculus is ‘telling’ the triumphal procession of Aemilius Paullus (167 BCE) in a distanced style, whereas Plutarch is ‘showing’ the exact same real world events by using what might be called immersive techniques.
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Buijs, M 2023, Showing and Telling Spolia : The Triumphal Procession of Aemilius Paullus in Plutarch and Diodorus Siculus. in I de Jong & M J Versluys (eds), Reading Greek and Hellenistic-Roman Spolia : Objects, Appropriation and Cultural Change. vol. Euhormos: Greco-Roman Studies in Anchoring Innovation, Brill, Leiden, pp. 170-188. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004682702_011