Fake News in Paradoxography of Imperial Times: The Case of Phlegon’s Book of Marvels

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1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. Fake News in Ancient Greece: Why Does It Matter? 1
5. Ancient Philosophical Discussions on Truth, Falsehood, Opinion, and ‘Half-Truths’
6. The Seventh Division of Plato’s Sophist as a Guide to Understanding the Nature of Fake News 27
7. Alethes Logos and Eikos Mythos: Thoughts on Plato’s Distinction in the Timaeus 47
8. Lies as pharmaka in Plato’s Political Philosophy 65
9. Fake News in Ancient Greek Fictional Texts
10. Fake News in Euripidean Drama 81
11. ‘Fake News’ in the Novels of Chariton and Achilles Tatius 99
12. Persuasion and Manipulation in Nonnus’ Dionysiaca: the Case of Semele 115
13. Fake News in Ancient Greek Science
14. Fake News and Pandemics in Greco-Roman Antiquity 131
15. Aristotle and Myths about Animals 149
16. Fake News in Paradoxography of Imperial Times: The Case of Phlegon’s Book of Marvels 169
17. Fake News in Ancient Greek Historiography
18. Fake News from the Eastern Front: Herodotus and the Trojan War 187
19. Fake News and Misinformation During War or Civil Conflict: Some Case Studies from Greek Historiography 213
20. ‘Fake News’ as a Moralising Context: Rumours, Slanders and the Unmaking of a Political Career in Plutarch’s Kimon 221
21. Forged Letters in Greek and Roman History and Historiography: Fake News as Stratagem 241
22. Marcus Aurelius is Dead: Reflections on False News and on the Usurpation of Avidius Cassius 251
23. #notmyemperor: Theodosios (III), the Son of Maurice, and a Heraclian Disinformation Effort 269
24. Ancient Greek Fake News and its Socio-Political Implications
25. Fake News in the Public Discourse of Fourth- Century Athens 305
26. As in a Game of Minesweeper: Fakeness, Imprecision, and Truth about the Body in Attic Oratory 321
27. ʻFake Newsʼ in Documentary Papyri from the Greco-Roman Period of Egypt: The Case of Calumny 343
28. Condemnation of Memory in the Greek Documentary Papyri: State-Sponsored Distribution of “Fake News” 353
29. Fake News in Libanius’ Imperial Speeches: The Battle at Singara 373
30. Fake News as a Literary Topos: The Case of Biblical and Hagiographical Texts 389
31. Index 401