Dionysius of Halicarnassus on the Historian's Disposition (Pomp. 3.15)

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  • John Marincola Florida State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/histos706

Keywords:

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, scholia, homeric scholia, disposition, character

Abstract

By comparing the Iliadic scholia that discuss the διαθέσεις of the epic’s characters and of the narrator himself, the article seeks to elucidate what Dionysius of Halicarnassus means in his Letter to Pompeius when he speaks of the historian’s ‘disposition’ (διάθεσις).

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Published

2025-05-15

How to Cite

Marincola, John. 2025. “Dionysius of Halicarnassus on the Historian’s Disposition (Pomp. 3.15)”. Histos 19 (May):1-20. https://doi.org/10.29173/histos706.

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