Argumentación, desplazamientos semánticos e imaginario cultural en Heródoto ix. 26-27

• Published in: Revista de Estudios Clásicos Vol. 42; no. 42; pp. 33 - 67
• Main Author: Basile, Gastón Javier
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad Nacional de Cuyo 01.09.2015
• Subjects: argumentación; argumentation; atenienses; Athenians; cultural imaginaries; Herodotus IX 36; Heródoto IX 26; imaginarios culturales; Tegeans; tegeatas

The paper employs discourse analysis strategies to examine an eristic dispute which Herodotus claims to have taken place between the Athenians and Tegeans prior to the battle of Platea (Hdt. IX. 26-7). We hold that the apparent symmetry and regularity of the speeches as dramatized by Herodotus conce...