From rhetoric to history: the historiographic prose of Ephorus
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In this paper we show the way in which Rhetoric influenced, through Isocrates, not only the form of writing historical facts, but also the proper selection of historical topics. Particularly, we studied the historiographical work of Ephorus, who was a disciple of Isocrates. The «school rhetoric» of his master left its mark in his Histories, regarding both the stylistic concern and the didactic moral concept of historiography. However, our author is aware that he is not composing a speech, but a work of history; and what has been designated as a poor imitation of the isocratic style would rather be self-adjustment and a certain fidelity to traditional forms of the historiographical genre.
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