Ekhphrasis and the boundaries of description in Tacitus

Authors

  • Fábio Faversani Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2358-3150.v19i1p43-53

Keywords:

Tacitus, Annals, Britannicus, Agrippina, ekphrasis

Abstract

This paper aims to analyse two episodes of the Tacitus’ Annals that allow us to point out the distance between what was given to see and what actually happened in aristocratic environments in the Roman Principate. This tension between what one saw/said and what happened/was thought is fundamental for our understanding of ekhphrasis in the Tacitean narrative technique.

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Published

2015-02-10

How to Cite

Faversani, F. (2015). Ekhphrasis and the boundaries of description in Tacitus. Letras Clássicas, 19(1), 43-53. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2358-3150.v19i1p43-53