“As I thought that the speakers most likely might have spoken”. Thukydides Hist. 1. 22. 1 on Composing Speeches
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Eckart Schütrumpf
Abstract
This paper addresses the scholarly controversies surrounding the succinct remark Thucydides makes at Hist. 1. 22. 1 on composing speeches. It argues for the understanding of the “ἂν εἰπεῖν” expression not as contrary-to-fact, as most scholars assume, but as potential of the past, to be translated: “as in his judgment the speakers most likely might have spoken.” The paper proposes that Thucydides indicates a historical method similar to the strategy used in contemporary rhetoric in order to show on the basis of probability considering all the conditions given that certain things were said. The paper scrutinizes every important term used by Thucydides at 1. 22. 1 (ἐδόκουν, τὰ δέοντα, ξύμπασα γνώμη) and the various modern interpretations and translations proposed.
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- “As I thought that the speakers most likely might have spoken”. Thukydides Hist. 1. 22. 1 on Composing Speeches
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- Meorum periculorum rationes utilitas rei publicae vincat. Zur Historizität der vierten Catilinaria
- Pyrrha oder Der versteckte Achilles. Ein horazisches Motiv im Licht sequenzieller Lektüre
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- A Hyperbolic Statement: Propertius IV. 1. 38
- Quoque in Ovid, Met. 6, 27
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