“…Its definition there has been subject to varying interpretations, from "ostentation", "mere show" to something pertaining closer to psychological function. For recent discussion, see González (2006). 75 Strabo uses the term to describe the style of historians such as Herodotus and Ctesias who aim at a pleasing reception (Strabo 11.6.3): see , 148-9 for discussion, and on Lucian's VH and Strabo, as well as the traditions of historiography, see , 144-50.…”