Greek Historiography

This book is tremendously stimulating and a companion volume for Roman historiography would be welcome. The impression that one obtains from reading this book is of the modernity of the authors' approaches, and of how much there is still to do in the field of ancient historiography. Klappentext The ancient Greek achievement in the writing of history set the standard for all time. The nature of that achievement, though, looks increasingly problematic in the light of recent work on such topics as literacy, orality, rhetoric, narrative technique, and the invention of tradition. In this book, eight ancient historians consider both the achievement and the problems involved in the study of the Greek historians. These essays reflect the best and most recent scholarship on the subject. Zusammenfassung This work discusses the achievement and the problems of Greek historiography in a series of contributions by a group of scholars. It traces the story of Greek historiography from Archaic times to Imperial Rome, and then discusses the relationship of the Greek historians to each other.

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• Authors: Simon Hornblower, Simon (Fellow and Tutor in Ancient His Hornblower
• Assisted by: Simon Hornblower (Editor), Simon (Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History Hornblower (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.08.1996
• EAN: 9780198150725
• ISBN: 978-0-19-815072-5
• No. of pages: 298
• Series: Clarendon Paperbacks; Clarendon Paperbacks
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity