The Hypothetical witness in Gorgias and Antiphon

The paper below focuses on the shadowy figure of the hypothetical witness found in two mock-forensic works of the late 5th century: Gorgias’ Defence of Palamedes and Antiphon’s First Tetralogy. I argue that these witnesses, who only exist within the εἰκός arguments found in these speeches, are consi...

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Bibliográfiai részletek
Szerző: Gatt Jurgen R.
Testületi szerző: Sapiens ubique civis (7.) (2019) (Szeged)
Dokumentumtípus: Cikk
Megjelent: University of Szeged Szeged 2021
Sorozat:Sapiens ubique civis 2
Kulcsszavak:Klasszika-filológia,
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doi:10.14232/suc.2021.2.45-68

Online Access:http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/74862
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