'No freer than the helots': Messenian rebel behaviour in Pausanias' Messeniaka in comparative perspective

This dissertation explores Pausanias’ depiction of the (mythical) Messenian revolt against the Spartans in book 4 of his Periegesis in comparative perspective with ancient depictions of slave revolts and Flavius Josephus’ Jewish War. I concentrate on how Pausanias portrays Aristomenes and the other...

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Main Author: Langerwerf, Lydia L.B.M.
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11295/