Texte légèrement remanié et abrégé de: Dissertation--Philosophische Fakultät--Friedrich-Schiller-Universität zu Jena, 2003. / Bibliogr. p. 187-202.

A pesquisa analisa a construção do êthos do general cartaginês Aníbal nas obras de Cornélio Nepos e Tito Lívio, tendo em vista procedimentos retóricos. A primeira parte da pesquisa consiste no estudo do gênero historiográfico antigo, e sua relação com a Retórica, e ainda o estudo dos conceitos de êthos, écfrase e enárgeia. Analisamos então as estratégias discursivas de Tito Lívio para compor um caráter do inimigo adequado ao seu projeto historiográfico. Na segunda parte, discutimos os limites entre a bíos e história, e analisamos o êthos de Aníbal construído por Cornélio Nepos, o que permite discutir também as diferenças entre os gêneros, e outras questões gerais da obra do biógrafo. / The research analyzes the construction of Hannibal\'s êthos in the works of Cornelius Nepos and Livy, considering rhetorical strategies. The first part is a study of ancient historiographical genre, and its relation to Rhetoric, and also of the concepts of êthos, ékphrasis and enárgeia. Then, we reflect about the discursive strategies used by Livy to compose a character convenient to his historiographical project. In the second part, we discuss the boundaries between bíos and history and analyze the êthos of Hannibal built by Cornelius Nepos, what also allows us to discuss the differences between these genres and other general issues of Nepos\' lives.

A pesquisa analisa a construção do êthos do general cartaginês Aníbal nas obras de Cornélio Nepos e Tito Lívio, tendo em vista procedimentos retóricos. A primeira parte da pesquisa consiste no estudo do gênero historiográfico antigo, e sua relação com a Retórica, e ainda o estudo dos conceitos de êthos, écfrase e enárgeia. Analisamos então as estratégias discursivas de Tito Lívio para compor um caráter do inimigo adequado ao seu projeto historiográfico. Na segunda parte, discutimos os limites entre a bíos e história, e analisamos o êthos de Aníbal construído por Cornélio Nepos, o que permite discutir também as diferenças entre os gêneros, e outras questões gerais da obra do biógrafo. / The research analyzes the construction of Hannibal\'s êthos in the works of Cornelius Nepos and Livy, considering rhetorical strategies. The first part is a study of ancient historiographical genre, and its relation to Rhetoric, and also of the concepts of êthos, ékphrasis and enárgeia. Then, we reflect about the discursive strategies used by Livy to compose a character convenient to his historiographical project. In the second part, we discuss the boundaries between bíos and history and analyze the êthos of Hannibal built by Cornelius Nepos, what also allows us to discuss the differences between these genres and other general issues of Nepos\' lives.

Αντικείμενο της παρούσας εργασίας είναι να εξετάσει και να παρουσιάσει τις βιογραφικές μεθόδους προσέγγισης μίας εξέχουσας προσωπικότητας του 4ου αιώνα π.Χ., του Σπαρτιάτη βασιλιά και στρατιωτικού, Αγησιλάου του Β΄ (399-360/59 π.Χ.), έτσι όπως εκείνη σκιαγραφήθηκε μέσα από τα τρία ομώνυμα έργα του Ξενοφώντος του Αθηναίου (4ος αιώνας π.Χ.), του Κορνήλιου Νέπωτα (Cornelius Nepos, 1ος αιώνας π.Χ.) και του Πλουτάρχου (1ος-2ος αιώνας μ.Χ). / Purpose of this paper is to examine and present biographical methods in approaching a prominent personality of the 4th century BC, the Spartan king and military, Agesilaus the Second (399-360/59 BC), as that outlined through three homonym works of Xenophon of Athens (4th century BC), Cornelius Nepos (1st century BC) and Plutarch (1st-2nd century AD).