caa a22 4500 386377111 CHVBK 20180307112024.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198911 xx s 000 0 eng 10.2307/632049 doi S0075426900012775 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.2307/632049 Marincola J. M. Union College Schenectady, N.Y. 12308 Some suggestions on the proem and ‘second preface' of Arrian's Anabasis [Elektronische Daten] [J. M. Marincola] In JHS cv (1985) 162-8, J. L. Moles has given an excellent treatment of the literary influences at work in the ‘second preface- of Arrian's Anabasis (i 12.1-5). I am in agreement with the main points of his work, and the purpose of the present note is to offer some additional evidence and suggestions. 1. Literary influences. Moles sees five major influences at work in the second preface: Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, and the prose encomium. Of this last he writes (164), ‘Arrian's work will be biographical in orientation and fundamentally encomiastic'. There is no doubt, of course, that Arrian's work is encomiastic; Arrian does not hesitate to express admiration for Alexander at the outset of the work or in comments throughout the work or in the επιμετρῶν λόγος at the work's conclusion. But Arrian's history is not an encomium, though it may incorporate elements from that genre. Copyright © The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 1989 The Journal of Hellenic Studies Cambridge University Press 109(1989-11), 186-189 0075-4269 109<186 1989 109 JHS https://doi.org/10.2307/632049 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2307/632049 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Marincola J. M. Union College Schenectady, N.Y. 12308 NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Hellenic Studies Cambridge University Press 109(1989-11), 186-189 0075-4269 109<186 1989 109 JHS CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge