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VI. Speeches
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2016
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Utterances reported in direct speech abound in Herodotus: often conversations or isolated dicta, sometimes debates on major questions of policy or strategy, e.g. vii. 8-11. In Thucydides short utterances are very rare, but speeches play a very important role; the occasions range from ‘full-dress’ debates on momentous issues (e.g. i. 67–88) to the encouragement given by commanders to troops before battle (e.g. ii. 87–9).
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