< Back to previous page

Project

A portrait of the statesman as an artist. Writing statesmen in antiquity

How did ancient authors evaluate a statesman who united in one person the figures of literary artist and statesman? Focusing on a number of diachronically selected case studies this project will analyze how the combination of literary art and political power is perceived and represented by ancient authors, and of course by writing statesmen themselves.

Date:1 Oct 2012 →  30 Sep 2015
Keywords:political theory, statesmen, sociology of literature, Greek and Latin Literature, literary theory, ancient historiography, cultural history
Disciplines:Literary studies, Language studies