Tell me a curious (hi)story. Historical content in Vitruvius’ De architectura
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Vitruvius
Roman erudite literature
Greek history
architecture

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Kołoczek, B. J. (2022). Tell me a curious (hi)story. Historical content in Vitruvius’ De architectura. Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae Et Latinae, 32(1), 57–78. https://doi.org/10.14746/sppgl.2022.XXXII.1.3

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The article examines the significance of history–themed passages (historiae) in Vitruvius’ architectural treatise De architectura and assesses their veracity vis–à–vis their rhetorical impact. The article’s particular focus lies on Vitruvius’ reflections on history, since the sound knowledge of it—as the author claims—is vital for any competent architect. It asserts that Vitruvius tends to stretch the historical truth whenever he makes an attempt at self–promotion (as an author or an architect) or seeks to win the approval of his patron emperor Augustus, to whom he dedicated his work.

https://doi.org/10.14746/sppgl.2022.XXXII.1.3
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The following article was created as a result of the research project PRELUDIUM 9, no. 2015/17/ N/HS3/00014 financed by the Polish National Science Centre.

Translation of the presented paper into English was financed from the resources of the Priority Research Area “Heritage” of the Jagiellonian University within the framework of the “Excellence Initiative – Research University” programme. The author is supported by the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP).

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