Observations on the Germanic êthos in Tacitus’ Germania

Authors

  • Henrique Verri Fiebig Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2358-3150.v19i2p90-98

Keywords:

Ancient Historiography, Ancient Ethnography, Epideictic Genre

Abstract

This paper proposes a reflection on the êthos of Germanic peoples in the first section of Tacitus’ Germania. Considering that êthos can be understood as a construct based both on intra-discursive and extra-discursive elements, it suggests the construct of the Germanic êthos is regulated by common-places of the epideictic genre of rhetoric – which are related to the ethnographic topoi identified by modern scholars – as well as by the expectations of a reception conditioned to the stereotypes concerning the Northern barbarians.

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Published

2015-12-10

How to Cite

Fiebig, H. V. (2015). Observations on the Germanic êthos in Tacitus’ Germania. Letras Clássicas, 19(2), 90-98. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2358-3150.v19i2p90-98