The similarities between his work and the previously dominant medium for understanding the past can be assured through linguistic features, such as the use of rhetorical questions, quasi-Homeric discourse, similarities in phraseology [aklea vs. klea andron (¶1.1) or the use of grand terms such as 'the cities of mortals'], and the presence of tangential stories that the author considers worth telling, though they are not directly relevant to the plot. ... These dramatic scenes of tactical discourse served to portray the dangers of expeditions in an engaging manner. ...

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