Ложь как средство женского влияния в позднеантичном обществе (по данным Аммиана Марцеллина)

Abstract

The article analysis the types of influence presented in "Res Ges-tae" by Ammianus Marcellinus and implemented by women through the use and dissemination of false information. The main feminine characteristics are indicated, which partly explain the natural tendency of women to inconstancy of judgments and therefore, according to the late antique historian, deserve indul-gence. At the same time, the motives that push the fair sex to in-tentional lies are analyzed, and the influential effects of such ac-tions are also identified. The relationship between the value judgments of Ammianus Marcellinus about female influence and his gender representations, as well as the basic moral principles that he adheres to, has been established.