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Good and bad news in ancient greek literature : from Homer to oratory

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  • Raquel Fornieles Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
No. 39 (2020)

Abstract

This paper aims – taking as a starting point the lexical family derived from ἄγγελος – to show what concept of news (bad or good) had the members of the societies represented in Homer, tragedy, aristophanic comedy, the texts of historians and oratory. The analysis of the lexicon reflects that, although the vast majority of the news items are negative, there is no derivative of ἄγγελος to designate the bad news. However, there is one for the good news: εὐαγγέλιον.

Keywords:

Good news, Bad news, Lexicon, Greek Literature, ἄγγελος

Author Biography

Raquel Fornieles, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Correspondencia: Raquel Fornieles
Email: raquel.fornieles@uam.es
Profesora Ayudante Doctora. Departamento de Filología Clásica. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Campus de Cantoblanco
ID Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9252-4543

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Fornieles, R. (2020). Good and bad news in ancient greek literature : from Homer to oratory. Byzantion Nea Hellás, (39), pp. 37–58. Retrieved from https://byzantion.uchile.cl/index.php/RBNH/article/view/60331
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