The purpose of the paper is twofold. First of all, it intends to shed light on the formal devices used by Τιμαχίδας and Θαρσαγόρας in quoting the sources on which the text of the inscription is based. In particular, it aims at demonstrating that the choice of combining different kinds of evidence can be justified on the basis of the distinction between historical writing and antiquarian research formulated in 1950 by Arnaldo Momigliano. Secondly, it tries to insert the Lindian Chronicle in the context of Hellenistic epigraphy and historiography by comparing the way literary and documentary sources are cited in the Chronicle to what is displayed in some inscriptions of the third and second century BC and in Polybius, Diodorus of Sicily, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, and Josephus. This comparison allows to argue that from this point of view Diodorus and some important interstate arbitrations bear the closest resemblance to the Lindian Chronicle.
Capire un documento: indagini sulla citazione delle fonti letterarie e documentarie nella Cronaca di Lindo
AMENDOLA D
2014-01-01
Abstract
The purpose of the paper is twofold. First of all, it intends to shed light on the formal devices used by Τιμαχίδας and Θαρσαγόρας in quoting the sources on which the text of the inscription is based. In particular, it aims at demonstrating that the choice of combining different kinds of evidence can be justified on the basis of the distinction between historical writing and antiquarian research formulated in 1950 by Arnaldo Momigliano. Secondly, it tries to insert the Lindian Chronicle in the context of Hellenistic epigraphy and historiography by comparing the way literary and documentary sources are cited in the Chronicle to what is displayed in some inscriptions of the third and second century BC and in Polybius, Diodorus of Sicily, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, and Josephus. This comparison allows to argue that from this point of view Diodorus and some important interstate arbitrations bear the closest resemblance to the Lindian Chronicle.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
