Private and public lies: the discourse of despotism and deceit in the Graeco-Roman world

This book examines despotism and deceit in the Graeco-Roman world from historical and literary perspectives, over a range of historical periods including classical Athens, the Hellenistic kingdoms, late republican and early imperial Rome, late antiquity, and Byzantium.

Preliminary Material /A. Turner , J.K. On Chong-Gossard and F. Vervaet -- Introduction /Andrew J. Turner , Michael Crennan and K.O Chong-Gossard -- Autochthonous Autocrats: The Tyranny Of The Athenian Democracy /Jonathan Hall -- Phokian Desperation: Private And Public In The Outbreak Of The Third Sacred War /Peter Londey -- Truth And Falsehood In Early Hellenistic Propaganda /Brian Bosworth -- Tyrannizing Sicily:The Despots Who Cried 'Carthage!' /Jonathan Prag -- Frigidus Rumor:The Creation Of A (Negative) Public Image In Rome /Francisco Pina Polo -- Deceit And The Struggle For Roman Franchise In Italy /Christopher Dart -- Pouvoirs Extraordinaires Et Tromperie. La Tentation De La Monarchie À La Fin De La République Romaine (82–44av. J.-C.) /Frédéric Hurlet -- Arrogating Despotic Power Through Deceit: The Pompeian Model For Augustan Dissimulatio /Frederik Juliaan Vervaet -- Deception, Lies, And Economy With The Truth: Augustus And The Establishment Of The Principate /John Rich -- Lucan's Cleopatra /Andrew J. Turner -- Damn With Great Praise? The Imperial Encomia Of Lucan And Silius /John Penwill -- What 'Lies' Behind Phaedrus' Fables? /Enrica Sciarrino -- Mendacia Maiorum: Tales Of Deceit In Pre-Republican Rome /Parshia Lee-Stecum -- Is There An Antidote To Caesar? The Despot As Venenum And Veneficus /Cristina Calhoon -- Who Slept With Whom In The Roman Empire? Women, Sex, And Scandal In Suetonius' Caesares /James H. Kim On Chong-Gossard -- From Priest To Emperor To Priest-Emperor: The Failed Legitimation Of Elagabalus /Martijn Icks -- Constantinus Tyrannus: Das Negative Konstantinsbild In Der Paganen Historiographie Und Seine Nuancen /Bruno Bleckmann -- Justinian, Procopius, And Deception: Literary Lies, Imperial Politics, And The Archaeology Of Sixth-Century Greece /Amelia Brown -- Despotism And Deceit: Yes, But What Happened Before And After? /Ron Ridley -- Bibliography /A. Turner , J.K. On Chong-Gossard and F. Vervaet -- Index /A. Turner , J.K. On Chong-Gossard and F. Vervaet -- Index Locorum /A. Turner , J.K. On Chong-Gossard and F. Vervaet.